The First Indo-European Invasion of Mesopotamia & Egypt's First Intermediate Period

A History of Mankind (20)

Indo-European migrations east of the Caucasus faced a completely unique set of circumstances and challenges. Significant towns were built in the Kazakh steppe late in the 3rd millennium, but that was only after the Gutians became the very first Indo-European wave that passed through the region.

The Gutians were made up of smallish groups that broke away …