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Human Environment > Kings and Peasants |
This site tells the story of the history of the universe. Click Earlier and Later to follow the story. Note: Many facts have been simplified to make them easier to understand. |
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By 5000 years ago the warmest time of the inter-glacial had passed, and the weather started on its long slide towards the next glacial period. This might have been why the nomads started to leave the steppe.
The tribes on the steppe tamed the wild horses which lived there, and learnt to build battle chariots. Horses gave them milk, meat and transport, making nomads very powerful warriors. They fought each other for the shrinking grass lands. By about 4000 years ago the nomads who lost the battles had to leave the steppe and search for pasture in other lands. Some may have entered China, some went into India, others went into Europe, while others went to the Middle East. They easily defeated the cities, who had neither horses nor chariots. The nomads became kings and lords while the farmers became peasants. These kings fought each other, or searched for new land to conquer. |
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