Arkaim: A Perfect Circle on the Steppe, Burned by Its Builders
Nearly 4,000 years ago on the Ural steppe, people built a perfectly circular fortified town, raced the first chariots, then burned it down.
Sintashta: The Steppe Forts That Built the First War Chariots
Four thousand years ago on the Ural steppe, fortified villages produced the earliest known war chariots, advanced metallurgy, and perhaps the roots of the Indo-Iranian world.
