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Steppe Peoples

Scythians, Huns, Turks, Mongols.

1,370 CE – 1,405 CE

A conqueror out of Samarkand whose campaigns were devastating even by the standards of the period.

1,206 CE – 1,227 CE

Unites the Mongol tribes and begins the conquest of most of Eurasia.

1,206 CE – 1,368 CE

The largest contiguous land empire ever, connecting Europe and China closely enough that plague could travel it.

550 CE – 1,000 CE

Turkic peoples spread west across Central Asia, eventually reaching Anatolia.

370 CE – 469 CE

Attila's confederation pushes into Europe and helps break the Western Roman Empire.

209 BCE – 91 CE

A steppe confederation powerful enough that Han China built walls and paid tribute.

700 BCE – 300 BCE

Mounted nomads across the Eurasian grasslands, famous for gold work and for being unconquerable.

2,000 BCE

On the steppe, the light spoked-wheel chariot appears and changes warfare everywhere it reaches.