6 sentences with 'steppe'
Example sentences and phrases with the word steppe and other words derived from it.
• « The nomads of the steppe regions were the first to domesticate horses, and for thousands of years only the steppe peoples knew how to fight directly on horseback rather than using chariots. »
• « The Huns had much in common with other groups of steppe peoples such as the Scythians, who had invaded civilised lands since the very rise of civilisation in Mesopotamia. »
• « Simultaneously, the Avars and Bulgars, steppe peoples related to the Huns, were pressing on Byzantine territory from the north, and piracy was spreading across the Mediterranean. »
• « Meanwhile, a series of invasions began in the post-Carolingian era. Arab invaders called Saracens raided the lands of southern Europe, even conquering Sicily in the 9th century, while a new group of steppe raiders, the Magyars, swept across Europe in the 10th century, seizing land and settling in present-day Hungary. »
• « The Seljuk Turks were fierce fighters, trained by their origin as steppe nomads and raiders, who had converted to Islam before the 11th century. »
• « Traditionally, along with the Mongol people further east, the Turks were among the fiercest of steppe nomads, living by herding animals and raiding the 'civilised' lands to their south and west. »