#eurasian steppe

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

I'd like to request the saiga antelope and the chocolate chip sea star!

Both are excellent choices!

Have you seen the saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica)?

I have now

Yes, in photos/videos

Yes, irl

I'm not sure

Voting ended onMar 1, 2025

[wouldyourathervisit]

Would you rather visit the American prairies, the Eurasian steppes, the African savannas, the Pampas plains, or the Australian savannas?

Would you rather visit

The American Prairie 🇺🇸🦬

The Eurasian Steppe 🇪🇺🌏

The African Savanna 🌍🐘

The Pampas Plains 🌾🐎

The Australian Savanna 🇦🇺🌅

Voting ended onMar 26

[songs-of-the-east]

Ukrainian Cossacks

[bed-wed-behead-your-fave]

The eurasian steppe from real life.

Visit, Fuck Here or Blow Up the Eurasian Steppe from real life.

Visit

Fuck Here

Blow Up

Voting ended onOct 5, 2025

[blackcrowing]

Review of The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World by David W. Anthony

I will be upfront, it is a very technical book. If you are not well versed in the anthropological categorizing of cultures and time periods of the areas being discussed it can be very difficult to keep up with the more finite points the author is making. That being said, I had never heard of any of the specific cultures being discussed in the Danube Valley and was still able to enjoy this book and its well put together analysis of various aspects of language, culture, technological developments and shifts in behaviors and place.

If you are especially interested in any of the major themes this book discusses (which is in all honesty is an extensive list including but not limited to; the development of Indo-European language, the time periods and locations as well as likely motivation for domestication of various livestock types, the cultural effects of technological developments on the peoples of the Eurasian Steppes and their migration/trading patterns) I do highly recommend. It is heavy reading but extremely illuminating.

[medievalistsnet]

New Medieval Books: Raiders, Rulers, and Traders - Medievalists.net

A sweeping history from prehistoric times to the 20th century, this book examines how the horse helped shaped civilization along the Eurasia

[andsoimissedmychance]

[thedopesamurai]

Sascha Lunyakov, 2011