Andronovo Culture Rises in Central Asia
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Barbarians, Nomads, Prehistoric Humans
- Curriculum: Asian History, Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan
- Date: 1750-800
Article abstract: The Andronovo culture bridged the Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures in Central Asia.
Summary of Event
The Andronovo culture was named after a village in the Yenisey Valley near Achinsk, where burials were discovered in 1914 by S. A. Teploukov. This nomadic culture may have resulted from the merging of different Indo-European-speaking tribes to achieve a broad territorial base in the second millennium b.c.e. It extended north to the taiga, south to the Kopet Dag and Pamir Mountains, east to Minusinsk and the Altai Mountains, and west to...
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