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The 21 pages that link to Pontic–Caspian steppe, each with the reason it gives.

• Black SeaRelated: Its rivers and peoples have shaped the Black Sea's northern shores and hinterland.

• Eurasian SteppeBroader topic: It forms the western end of the Eurasian Steppe and figures prominently in early pastoralism.

• Proto-Indo-European languageBroader topic: It is the proposed homeland in influential models of Proto-Indo-European expansion.

• Indo-European migrationsBroader topic: Many models place an important Indo-European-speaking population in this region.

• Caucasus MountainsCompared with: These open lowlands contrast with the Caucasus’s steep, high terrain.

• Yamnaya cultureNarrower topic: This was the landscape across which Yamnaya communities moved and herded animals.

• Kurgan hypothesisBroader topic: Its geography anchors the proposed homeland and migration routes.

• SteppeBroader topic: Its grasslands form the western section of the Eurasian Steppe.

• Anatolian hypothesisCompared with: The competing homeland model locates Proto-Indo-European speakers in this region.

• PechenegsNarrower topic: This corridor enabled Pecheneg migrations and brought them into contact with neighboring states.

• SarmatiansNarrower topic: This landscape formed the Sarmatians’ principal western homeland.

• Proto-Indo-European homelandBroader topic: This region is the principal geographic setting proposed by steppe-based homeland theories.

• Corded Ware cultureNarrower topic: This region is central to models tracing steppe ancestry and mobility into Corded Ware Europe.

• Marija GimbutasBroader topic: Gimbutas identified this region as the homeland of the proposed Kurgan expansions.

• KhazarsNarrower topic: This steppe environment connected Khazar migration, pastoralism, and imperial expansion.

• CumansNarrower topic: This steppe was the principal homeland and political arena of Cuman groups.

• Steppe hypothesisBroader topic: This is the homeland region proposed by the hypothesis.

• CimmeriansNarrower topic: This steppe was the Cimmerians’ homeland before their westward and southern movements.

• East European PlainRelated: Its grasslands supported pastoralism and movement across the plain’s southern corridor.

• CumaniaNarrower topic: Cumania occupied a shifting portion of this larger steppe landscape.

• ScythiaBroader topic: This western steppe was a central landscape within ancient Scythia.