8 sentences with “steppes”

Although the Huns were from the steppes of Central Asia, they established their (short-lived) empire in the west.

The Huns were warriors from the steppes of Central Asia: expert horsemen, skilled warriors, unattached to any particular land.

Camels born in steppes and deserts are very good runners, able to cover long distances without rest; in this endurance they far surpass any domestic animal.

North of Mesopotamia lies the beginning of the great steppes of Central Asia, the source of unlimited and almost uninterrupted invasions throughout ancient history.

Invaders from the steppes of Central Asia and the mountains of Afghanistan also proved a constant threat to the empire's security, as did the Arab tribes of the southwest, long before they unified under the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

To the northeast were the steppes, home to a steppe-dwelling nomadic people called the Scythians, against whom the Persians would fight for centuries (Cyrus himself died in battle against the Scythians in 530 BC. - He was 70 years old at the time).

Originally, the "Rus" were Vikings who ruled small towns in the vast steppes and forests of western Russia and Ukraine. They were united around 980 CE by one king, Vladimir the Great, who conquered all the rival cities and imposed control from his capital in Kiev.

In general, the Turks lived on the western steppes (steppe is the term for the vast grasslands of Central Asia) and the Mongols on the eastern steppes, with the Turks threatening the civilisations of the Middle East and Eastern Europe and the Mongols threatening China.