By steppe, desert, and ocean: the birth of Eurasia

The land and the people

The domestication of Eurasia, 10,000-5000 BC

Horses and copper : the centrality of the steppe, 5000-2500 BC

The opening of the Eurasian steppe, 2500-1600 BC

Nomads and empires : the first confrontations, 1600-600 BC

Learning from each other : interaction along the interface, 600-250 BC

The continent connected, 250 BC-AD 250

The age of perpetual war, AD 250-650

The beginning of a new world order, AD 650-840

The disintegration of empires, AD 840-1150

The steppe triumphant, AD 1150-1300

Looking back, looking forwards.