The Ordos culture was a material culture that existed between the sixth and second centuries BCE in a region centred on the Ordos Loop (equivalent to the region of Suiyuan, encompassing Baotou to the north, all found in modern Inner Mongolia, China). Significant Scythian art findings have been found in the Ordos civilization, which may be the farthest eastern extension of Indo-European Eurasian nomads like the Saka or may also be related to the Palaeo-Siberians or Yeniseians. The grass, bushes and trees that blanketed the Ordos Plateau were properly hydrated by numerous rivers and streams to create lush grazing areas. It had the best pasture grounds on the Asian Steppe at the time. Equine nomads from the north-west lived in the region that had been inhabited by the Zhukaigou civilisation, from the sixth to the second century BCE, before being chased out by the Xiongnu. According to some scholars, these nomads who engaged in horseback combat arrived from the north and west about the fourth century BC, which roughly corresponds to the time of conquests of Alexander the Great in Central Asia. Before establishing in the Ordos region, they travelled through the Gansu corridor in multiple waves from Central Asia and Southern Siberia. Skeletal bones and artefacts from the Ordos are mostly what are known about them. The Ordos culture, which existed between 500 BCE and 100 CE, is famous for its Ordos bronzes, blade weapons, tent pole decorative, horse equipment, small plaques and fittings for clothing and horse harness. This culture also used animal-style decoration and had connections to both Chinese art and Scythian art from areas much further west. Located immediately to the east of the more well-known Yuezhi, another Indo-European-speaking group, the Ordos are regarded to be the most eastern of the Iranian peoples of the Eurasian Steppe. Scholars assert that the Ordos civilisation had related a Scythian connection since the people depicted in archaeological findings frequently exhibit Europoid traits. The Ordos steppes have tombs with weapons that are extremely similar to those used by the Scythians and Saka. [information and Image Credit : Ordos_culture, Wikipedia] [Image: 1. Belt plaque, with a tiger subduing an ibex, Ordos, 6-5th century BCE. 2. Gold stag with head of Eagle. 3. Nomadic gold crown excavated in the Ordos, 3rd century BCE][Images Availed Under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported ; Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International ; Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (Kindly Also Relate to Individual Image URL for More Usage Property)] [License-Links: 1. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en 2. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en 3. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en ] [Source-Image URLs : 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Arte_dei_pastori_nomadi,_placca_da_cintura_con_tigre_che_sottomette_uno_stambecco,_mongolia_interna_(ordos),_VI-V_sec._ac..JPG 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gold_monster.jpg 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Warring_States_Xiongnu_Gold_Crown_-_a_(cropped).jpg ]
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