Yamnaya culture (Ural steppe)
Yamnaya culture (Ural steppe) appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Kazakh steppe and Semirechye (Central and North Asia) from c. 3200 to 2600 BCE, a span of more than 600 years. Its people spoke Other Indo-European languages (Armenian, Albanian, Thracian, Illyrian, Phrygian, Tocharian, Dacian).
Wagon-driving herders who buried their dead under kurgans from the Danube to the Ural river. They are widely held to have spoken Proto-Indo-European, and their descendants spread across Europe and Asia.
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Facts
- Dates
- c. 3200 to 2600 BCE
- Duration
- more than 600 years
- Type
- People or culture
- Region
- Kazakh steppe and Semirechye, Central and North Asia
- Language family
- Other Indo-European
Became
Elsewhere in the world at the same time
Questions
When did Yamnaya culture (Ural steppe) exist?
c. 3200 to 2600 BCE, about more than 600 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.
Where was Yamnaya culture (Ural steppe)?
Kazakh steppe and Semirechye, in Central and North Asia.
What language did Yamnaya culture (Ural steppe) speak?
Other Indo-European. This family includes Armenian, Albanian, Thracian, Illyrian, Phrygian, Tocharian, Dacian.
What came after Yamnaya culture (Ural steppe)?
Poltavka culture.