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Proto-Indo-Europeans (Culture)
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Subsistence and Material Culture
The PIE economy was a synthesis of pastoral nomadism and rudimentary sedentary agriculture, characterized by the domestication of the \h₁éḱwos (horse) and the \gʷṓws (cattle). While horses were vital for rapid seasonal migration, their primary utility in the steppe environment was believed to be psychological; their nervous energy was thought to "charge" the surrounding l… -
Proto Mongolic
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Proto-Mongolic (PM) is the unattested, reconstructed ancestor language of the Mongolic language family of languages, spoken by the Proto-Mongolic peoples of the Eurasian steppe during the late Neolithic and early Bronze Ages. Linguistic reconstruction places the divergence point of PM from its immediate precursor, Proto-Altaic (a hypothesis now largely discredited outside of niche historical …
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Southern Ural Mountains
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Biogeography and Ecology
The vegetation zones are dominated by taiga transitioning southward into steppe environments. The flora exhibits pronounced xerophytic adaptations.
| Zone | Altitude Range (m) | Dominant Flora Type | Noted Anomaly |