https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontic–Caspian_steppe

it's a rather interesting area. going by this world map, it's rather flat and fertile. might be an early civilization hub in human history.

might be an early civilization hub in human history

Check out the Proto-Indo-European language

What is a steppe exactly?

A grassland plain, with some other characteristics. Wikipedia.

It is where the Yamnaya culture came out of around 3300-2600 BCE. A significant group due to their usage of domesticated horses and carts. They spread across much of Europe and central/South Asia, spreading the Proto-Indo European languages.

In Europe they largely displaced and/or assimilated the “Early European Farmers” and the remnants of the “Western Hunter Gatherers (although WHG appear to have been somewhat ancestral to the Yamnaya culture), although the degrees to which the admixture favors one group or the other varies depending on region.

The exact nature of the migrations and population dynamics are not certain and very fuzzy since we have limited archeological evidence and are largely reconstructing based on genetics and linguistics. But it’s pretty clear there was a migration out of the Pontic step around this time that had a significant impact across Europe, Central Asia, Persia/iran and the north of the Indian sub-continent.

yeah i read similar on wikipedia. also i assume that's 3300 BCE?

BCE

To add: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steppe_Route

Nomadic peoples existed withinn throughout, and in between sedentary cultures. The sedentary people recorded history and developed writing, while the nomads spread language and technology between them.

oh very interesting.