 INDO-ARYAN MIGRATIONS according to one of several theories. |
map Dbachmann wikIAMT |
| c.2000 | Pygmy MAMMOTH survives on Wrangel Island in Arctic Ocean. | 2000 TTT |
| c.2000 | INDO-EUROPEANS (located north of Black Sea or Caspian Sea or both) begin migrating west to Europe and south to Anatolia. | 2000 B76 6-1123, MCAW 20, wikIAMT |
| c.2000 | The BALTIC linguistic group of northeastern Indo-Europeans enters the eastern Baltic and western Russia as agriculturalists and cattle raisers. | 2000 mxfld |
| c.2000 | ANDRONOVO culture begins until 1000 between Don and Yenisei rivers. Consists of Petrovka-Sintashta, Fyedorovo, and Sargary-Alexeevka periods. Andronovo settlements usually on small river banks and low flood plains. Types: (1) small timberbuilt houses; (2) large: 20 to 100 houses. Roomy semi-dugout dwellings 100-130 sq.m. with deep storage pits and corridor-shaped exits. Settlement plans: (1) houses in a line along a river; (2) houses along a street; (3) houses in two rows either in semi-circular or rectangular plan. | 2300 wikAnd 2000 csen 1800 wikIAMT 1500 mxfld |
| c.2000 |  Sintashta-Petrovka-Arkaim period of Southern Urals, northern Kazakhstan begins until 1600. Sintashta is in the steppe just east of the Ural Mts. Rectangular houses in a circle 140m diameter, surrounded by a timber-reinforced earthen wall with gate towers and a deep ditch on its exterior. Evidence of copper and bronze metallurgy. Chariot burials with sacrificed horses. |
photo Rafikova 2800 wikSnt 2200 wikAnd 2100 wikIAMT, wikSnC 2000 csen |
| c.2000 | FATYANOVO Culture of 3200-2300 still survives in central Russia. | 2000 mxfld |
| c.2000 | AFANASIEVO culture appears in the steppes around Mimusinsk. | 2000 CHEIA 14 |
| c.2000 | Cimmerians occupy difuse region in far west Ukraine, generally the south flank of the Carpathian Mountains until 680. | 2000 rcU |
| c.2000 | CRIMEA occupied by Cimmerians until 700s. | 2000 rcCrm |
| c.2000 | Solid wooden WHEELS on carts and wagons appear in south Asia, Europe,
Crete,
Aram, and
Egypt. (See Anatolia 1800, and China 1300) |
2000 SHT 1-211 1250 SHT 1-719 |
 Spread of the CHARIOT: photo by Dbachmann |
| c.2000 | SPOKE WHEELED CHARIOT may have been invented by the Andronovo culture in west Asiatic steppes 2000-1000. They also appear in Mesopotamia, Persia, Aram,
Egypt. (See Europe 1500, Crete 1500, and China 1300) |
2000 wikAnd |
| c.2000 | CHARIOTS become lighter, allowing horses to pull them with a strap harness. | 2000 ehow |
| c.2000 | Peasant farmers from Steppes migrate as far east as Ural Mountains. | 2000 TAWH 53 |
| c.1950 | HORSE DOMESTICATIONV evidenced in the steppes. (See Europe 1800) |
2100-1700 wikDHrs |
| 1912 Sep 24 | ECLIPSE or NOVA recorded? Mozi writes: "The three Miao tribes were in disarray. Heaven ordered their destruction. The sun rose at night." If this somehow refers to an eclipse, it is the earliest reported by any people. | Sep 24 1912 fcts |
| c.1800 | Balts occupy the Baltic area. Slavs occupy central Russia as far west as Vistula River. Thraco-Cimmerians occupy the south and west. | 1800 mxfld |
| c.1800 | ESTONIA: Late Neolithic Period from 2200 ends. Bronze Age begins. | 1800 wikHE |
| c.1800 | COPPER, in Canaan from at least 2000, is used in Russia. (See Britain 1950, Sumerian cubit 1950, Amenhemhet-III 1842, Ganges Valley 1800, Arabia 1750, China 1500) |
1800 mxfld |
| c.1800 | ARYANS, east of the Caspian from 2000, split into 2 groups: Indo Aryans migrating west, Iranians migrating south. | 1800 BCoC 215 18-1600 wikIAMT |
| c.1800 | ALAKUL culture between Oxus and Jaxartes Rivers begins until 1400. | 1800 wikAnd |
| c.1800 | SINTASHTA fortification of Chelyabinsk Oblast. | 1800 wikAnd |
| c.1800 | KIPCHAK tribal confederation occupying various places from Aral Sea to Hungary, comes under Cimmerians until 700. | 1800 rcN |
| c.1750 | Λ HORSE DOMESTICATION V evidenced by pairs of horse skeletons with bridle parts in Timber Graves of lower Volga. | 2000-1500 PAE 95 |
| c.1700 | BATTLE AXE PEOPLE of the UKRAINE: Aryan speaking cattle and horse raising people spread west. | 1700 MCAW 25 |
| c. 1700 |  SEIMA-TURBINO burials from 2300, end. A pattern of burial sites with similar bronze artifacts found across north Eurasia, mostly Siberia and Central Asia. Homeland is thought to be the Altai Mountains. The buried are nomadic warriors and metal-workers, traveling on horseback or 2-wheeled carts. |
photo: Pub Dom 1700 wikSTp |
| c. 1700 | SRUBNA (aka TIMBER-GRAVE) culture begins until 1150. Area north of Black Sea from the Dnieper eastwards along the northern base of the Caucasus to the area abutting the north shore of the Caspian Sea, west of the Ural Mountains to come up against the Andronovo culture. Called Timber Grave from the way graves are constructed. Animal parts and parts of horse bridles are buried with bodies. Economy is mixed agriculture and livestock breeding. | 18th cen. wikSC 1700 PAE 110, 130 |
 Srubna hut reconstructed GNU FDL |
 Srubna blades by Evgeny Genkin |
 Srubna axes by Evgeny Genkin |
| c.1600 | Balts and Slavs still don't have bronze, though it is common in the west with proto-Celts and in the south among Thraco-Cimmerians. | 1600 mxfld |
| c. 1600 | Sintashta-Petrovka-Arkaim period of Southern Urals, northern Kazakhstan from 2000, ends. Sintashta is in the steppe just east of the Ural Mts. Rectangular houses in a circle 140m diameter, surrounded by a timber-reinforced earthen wall with gate towers and a deep ditch on its exterior. Evidence of copper and bronze metallurgy. Chariot burials with sacrificed horses. |
photo Rafikova 1800 wikIAMT, wikSnC 1600 csen, wikAnd, wikSnt |
| c.1600 | FEDOROVO culture in southern Siberia (earliest evidence of cremation and fire cult) begins until 1300. | 1700 wikAnd 1500 csen |
| c.1500 | East Ukraine and south Russia comes under CIMMERIANS until 700. | 1800 rcN 1200 B76 9-596 |
| c.1500 | ARYANS migrate into northwest India. | 1500 wikIAMT |
| c.1500 | COMPOSITE BOW invented on Central Asian steppes. Made of wood, horn, and sinew glued together to increase their strength and elasticity. (See Megiddo 1468) | 1500 csmt, infpl |
| c.1500 | CANNABIS, first recorded in China 2700, is grown by Scythians for hemp cloth. | 1500 nrcMT |
| c.1475 | LIQUOR distilled in parts of Asia. | 1500-1451 TTS |
| c.1450 | TAZABAGYAB Culture formed near Aral Sea until 1050, from migrating Andronovo tribes. | 15th cen. Tzb |
| c.1450 | 
BORODINO treasure hoard contains silver spears, jadeite battle-axes, alabaster mace heads. |
photo pub dom 15th cen. PAE 129-30 |
| c.1400 | ALAKUL culture between Oxus and Jaxartes Rivers from 1800, ends. | 1400 wikAnd |
| c.1400 | SLAVS become separate ethnic group between Oder and Dnieper rivers. | 1400 vrb |
| c.1300 | ALEXEYEVKA culture in eastern Kazakhstan begins until 1100. | 1300 wikAnd 1200 csen |
| c.1300 | SIBERIA: ANDRONOVO Period from 1500 ends. FEDOROVO culture in south Siberia from 1600 ends. KARASUK Culture begins until 700. Extends from the Aral Sea to the upper Yenisei in the east and south to the Altai Mountains and the Tian Shan. People change from settled communities to seasonal nomads. Small curved knives similar to those at An-Yang in China have been found. | 1500 wikKrs 1300 B76 V-708, 4-301 csen, 13-1200 mxfld |
| c.1250 | BALTIC PEOPLE, along Vistula and Oder rivers from ?, begin migrating east and north. | 1250 vrb |
| c.1200 | STEPPES: has sophisticated bronze industry. | 1200 PW 15 |
| c.1200 | KARASUK Mongoloids become dominant over Europoids in the steppes around Mimusinsk. | 1200 CHEIA 14 |
| c.1200 | CAMELS: 1st camel saddles appear for Bactrian (2 hump) camels. (See Mesopotamia 1000) | by 1200 wikCam |
| c.1175 | Himalayan and Karakorum mountain ranges both begin melting. | 1200-1150 pczy |
| c.1150 | SRUBNA (aka TIMBER-GRAVE) culture north of Black Sea from 1700, ends. Contained parts of HORSE BRIDLES. | 12th cen. wikSC |
| c.1100 | ALEXEYEVKA culture in eastern Kazakhstan from 1300 ends. | 1100 wikAnd 1000 csen |
| c.1100 | KOBAN (Kopban) culture of northern and central Caucasus begins until 400. Dwellings, cobble bridges, altars, iron objects, bones, clay and stone objects, sickles, stone grain grinders. Grains include wheat, rye, and barley. Cattle, sheep, goats, donkeys, pigs and horses were kept. Shops for pottery, stone-casting, bone and stone carving. Evidence of an advanced metallurgy. Differentiation of professions organized within clans. | 1200 wikKC 1100 wikKC |
| c.1050 | TAZABAGYAB Culture near Aral Sea from 1450, ends. | 11th cen. Tzb |
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