What is Eurasian Steppe?
[[File:Eurasian_steppe_belt.jpg|thumb|400x400px|Eurasian steppe belt (turquoise)]] [[File:Красноковыльная_степь_в_Адамовском_районе.JPG|thumb|400x400px|Russian steppe in the Orenburg Oblast]] The '''Eurasian Steppe''' (or Ya'ou Steppe; 亚欧草原) is a [[steppe]] [[ecoregion]] (a huge stretch of grasslands) in north [[Eurasia]]. It stretches from Eastern Europe, [[Russia]], [[Kazakhstan]], to [[Mongolia]] and north [[China]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QpHCHdrgSVoC&pg=PA150|title=Canada's Vegetation: A World Perspective|last=Scott|first=Geoffrey A.J.|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP|year=1995|isbn=978-0-7735-6509-8|access-date=2012-02-09|archive-date=}}</ref> It is south of [[Siberia]]. For most of history, [[nomads]] lived and wandered there on horseback. The [[horse]] may have came from the steppe, around Kazakhstan. With the horses the steppe was a highway that moved people from China to Europe. For this reason it became important for the [[Silk Road]]. The steppe has been ruled by many empires. Examples are the [[Altaic languages|Altaic]] people, [[Chinese people|Chinese]], Slavic people, and [[Central Asia]]ns: including the [[Xiongnu]], [[Scythians]], [[Han dynasty]], [[Xianbei]], [[Sogdians]], [[Turkic Khaganate]], [[Khazars]], [[Tang Dynasty]], [[Mongol Empire]], [[Russian Empire]], and [[Qing dynasty]]. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Eastern Europe]] [[Category:Central Asia]] [[Category:Eurasia|steppe]] {{europe-stub}}