the Steppe

Table of Contents

Introduction
Physical and human geography
- Physical features
- Early patterns of migration
- Geography of adjacent regions
- Inhabitants of adjacent regions
Emergence of the pastoral way of life
- Critical developments
- The great dispersal
- The rise of confederations
Military and political developments among the steppe peoples to 100 bce
- Horsepowered warfare
- Scythian successes
- Persian defenses
- The Xiongnu empire
Closure of the Iranian borderland to steppe raiders and its consequences, 100 bce–550 ce
- Domination by the Parthians
- Flourishing trade in the east
- New barbarian incursions
The era of Turkic predominance, 550–1200
- A new Turkic confederacy
- Shift of attention from Europe to the Middle East
- The expansion of Islam
- Developments on the steppe proper
The Mongol empire, 1200–1368
- Emergence of bureaucratic states
- The triumph of the Mongols
- Fragmentation of the empire
Decline of steppe power

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