Yamnaya Culture and the Horse/Wheeled Vehicle

3300 BCE · Pontik-Hazar Bozkırı · cultural

The Yamnaya culture is a culture based on animal husbandry and a mobile way of life that developed in the Pontic-Caspian steppes in the late 4th millennium BCE.

It is associated with burial mounds (kurgans), the use of the horse, and wheeled vehicles. The Yamnaya communities are discussed in linguistic and genetic research as the source of a population movement connected with the spread of the Indo-European languages.

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What was Yamnaya Culture and the Horse/Wheeled Vehicle?
The Yamnaya culture is a culture based on animal husbandry and a mobile way of life that developed in the Pontic-Caspian steppes in the late 4th millennium BCE.
When did Yamnaya Culture and the Horse/Wheeled Vehicle happen?
3300 BCE
Where did Yamnaya Culture and the Horse/Wheeled Vehicle take place?
Pontik-Hazar Bozkırı