Steppe Road
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Steppe Road refers to the network of overland trade and migration routes that crossed the Eurasian steppes, historically used by nomadic peoples and serving as a northern counterpart to the Silk Road.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eurasian steppe route
→
historical trade route network → overland route → |
| associatedWith |
Golden Horde
→
Huns → Khazars → Mongols → Scythians → Turkic peoples → |
| comparedTo |
Silk Road
→
|
| connects |
Black Sea region
→
Caspian Sea region → Central Asia → China → Eastern Eurasia → Eastern Europe → Western Eurasia → |
| describedAs |
northern counterpart to the Silk Road
→
|
| enabled |
movement of furs
→
movement of horses → movement of livestock → movement of metal goods → movement of slaves → movement of textiles → |
| environment |
grassland
→
semi-arid steppe → |
| facilitated |
cultural exchange
→
long-distance trade → migration → military campaigns → |
| hasRole |
migration route
→
trade route → |
| influenced |
Eurasian geopolitics
→
formation of steppe empires → |
| locatedIn |
Eurasia
→
Eurasian Steppe → |
| routeType |
overland steppe corridor
→
|
| supports |
horse-based mobility
→
nomadic pastoralism → |
| traverses |
Kazakh steppe
→
Manchurian steppe → Mongolian steppe → Pontic–Caspian steppe → |
| usedBy |
merchant caravans
→
nomadic peoples → pastoral nomads → steppe empires → |
| usedDuring |
Middle Ages
→
antiquity → early modern period → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Silk Road routes
→
|
relatedConcept |
|
Kyivan Rus
("Varangian to the Greeks route")
→
|
tradeRoute |