10 Questions
When did the modern Homo Sapiens arrive in Kazakhstan?
40,000 years ago
Which culture is credited with the first domestication of horses in Kazakhstan?
Botai culture
What did the hunter-gatherer communes invent during the Neolithic Revolution?
Boats
When did the campsites spread across the whole of Kazakhstan, leading to the extinction of large animals?
12.5 thousand years ago
What technology appeared in the course of the Neolithic Revolution in Kazakhstan?
Ceramics
What technology began to develop in Central Kazakhstan during the 2nd millennium?
Copper casting
What economic activity became a developed technology in the Eurasian steppes during the 2nd millennium?
Pastoral animal husbandry
What event caused depopulation of the arid belts and river valley oasis areas from the end of the 2nd millennium to the beginning of the 1st millennium BCE?
Aridization period
Which empire covered the whole of Kazakhstan among its territories in the 3rd century BCE?
Hunnic Empire
During which time period did parts of Kazakhstan start to be annexed by the Russian Empire?
16th century
Study Notes
Early Human History in Kazakhstan
- Modern Homo Sapiens arrived in Kazakhstan during the Upper Paleolithic era.
Domestication of Horses
- The Botai culture is credited with the first domestication of horses in Kazakhstan.
Neolithic Revolution
- During the Neolithic Revolution, hunter-gatherer communes invented pottery and the wheel.
- The Neolithic Revolution saw the emergence of campsites, which spread across the whole of Kazakhstan, leading to the extinction of large animals.
- New technology that appeared during the Neolithic Revolution in Kazakhstan includes metalworking.
Development of Technology
- In the 2nd millennium, the technology of bronze metallurgy began to develop in Central Kazakhstan.
- The economic activity of horse breeding and cattle herding became a developed technology in the Eurasian steppes during the 2nd millennium.
Historical Events
- A drying of the climate caused depopulation of the arid belts and river valley oasis areas from the end of the 2nd millennium to the beginning of the 1st millennium BCE.
- The Saka Empire covered the whole of Kazakhstan among its territories in the 3rd century BCE.
- Parts of Kazakhstan started to be annexed by the Russian Empire from the 18th to the 20th century.
Test your knowledge about the human past in Eurasia's largest segment of the steppe belt, which was the home and crossroads for numerous human groups. Explore the arrival of different human species and groups in the region over time.
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