The History of the Early Indo Europeans

The history of the early tribes of europe and asia is really an east west history, not so much a north south history. The silk road was the primary trading route which extended from east asia to the mediterranean. From ancient china, the trading routes moved westward through ancient persia into the middle east and the eastern mediterranean. But farther north, in northern urasia, nomadic peoples also moved east west along the arasian steps - vast grass lands that extend from eastern europe all the way to eastern asia.