Eurasian Steppe

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Eurasian steppe belt (turquoise)

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Russian steppe in the Orenburg Oblast

The Eurasian Steppe (or Ya'ou Steppe; 亚欧草原) is a steppe ecoregion (a huge stretch of grasslands) in north Eurasia. It stretches from Eastern Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan, to Mongolia and north China. It is south of Siberia.

For most of history, nomads lived and wandered there on horseback. The horse may have came from the steppe, around Kazakhstan. With the horses the steppe was a highway that moved people from China to Europe. For this reason it became important for the Silk Road.

The steppe has been ruled by many empires. Examples are the Altaic people, Chinese, Slavic people, and Central Asians: including the Xiongnu, Scythians, Han dynasty, Xianbei, Sogdians, Turkic Khaganate, Khazars, Tang Dynasty, Mongol Empire, Russian Empire, and Qing dynasty.

Eurasian Steppe Media

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  Eurasian steppe belt (turquoise)

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  The site of Por-Bazhyn

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  Traditional yurts on the steppes between Ulan Bator and Kharkhorin, Mongolia.

• Traktor, szántás, Alföld.jpg

  Plowing with tractor on the Great Hungarian Plain (Alföld), Hungary

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  Steppe fire in the Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan

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  Hungarian invasions of Europe in the 9–10th centuries

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  A draw well in Hortobágy National Park, Hungary

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  Devínska Kobyla, Bratislava, Slovakia

• The Pannonian steppe in Devínska Kobyla, Bratislava, Slovakia

• Філія ЛПЗ НАНУ "Стрільцівський степ" Stipa tirsa (ЧКУ).jpg

  The Pontic–Caspian steppe near Krynychne, Ukraine.