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If I have learned anything from Dan Carlin (and the excellent "Hardcore History" podcast), it's that the steppe people (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythians
by danesparza 3y ago
If I have learned anything from Dan Carlin (and the excellent "Hardcore History" podcast), it's that the steppe people (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythians https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythians) were no joke -- so it doesn't surprise me that the oldest fortress would be located there.
- twelve40 3y agosteppe people's fortress located in the snow forest?
- senderista 3y agoSome Indo-European cultures (e.g. Andronovo) did extend into forested and mountainous regions of Siberia, but not that far north AFAIK.
- senderista 3y agoWhile the Scythians did range into Siberia, Amnya is north of the steppe by something like 1500km, and I don't think even the Andronovo horizon ever extended that far north. Also, you're off by a few millenia: Indo-Europeans didn't emerge from the Pontic-Caspian steppe until the 4th millenium BCE.