Euro-Asian steppe

The Euro-Asian Steppe, also known as the Euroasian Steppe, The Steppes and The Steppe are the terms often used to describe the vast steppe ecoregion streching from the western borders of the steppes of Hungary to the eastern border of the steppes of Mongolia. Most of the Euro-Asian Steppe is included within the region of Central Asia while only a small part of it is included within Eastern Europe.

The Euro-Asian steppe was the place from where nomad warriors invaded into the agriculture civilizations of China, the Middle East and Europe.

See also

• Steppe
• Grassland
• Great Alföld
• Little Alföld
• Great Steppe
• Central Asia
• Pontic steppe
• Turkmenistan
• Uzbekistan
• Kazakhstan
• Siberia

Bibliography

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