<P> Indo - European migrations were the migrations of pastoral peoples speaking the Proto - Indo - European language , who departed from the Yamnaya and related cultures in the Pontic -- Caspian steppe , starting at c. 4000 BCE . Their descendants spread throughout Europe and Asia , forming new cultures with the people they met on their way , including the Corded Ware culture in Northern Europe and the Vedic culture in the Indian subcontinent . These migrations ultimately seeded the cultures and languages of most of Europe , greater Persia , and much of the Indian subcontinent ( and subsequently resulted in the largest and most broadly spoken language family in the world ) . </P>
<P> Indo - European migrations were the migrations of pastoral peoples speaking the Proto - Indo - European language , who departed from the Yamnaya and related cultures in the Pontic -- Caspian steppe , starting at c. 4000 BCE . Their descendants spread throughout Europe and Asia , forming new cultures with the people they met on their way , including the Corded Ware culture in Northern Europe and the Vedic culture in the Indian subcontinent . These migrations ultimately seeded the cultures and languages of most of Europe , greater Persia , and much of the Indian subcontinent ( and subsequently resulted in the largest and most broadly spoken language family in the world ) . </P>
who were the indo-europeans and where did they originate
who were the indo-europeans and where did they originate
pastoral peoples speaking the Proto - Indo - European language , who departed from the Yamnaya and related cultures in the Pontic -- Caspian steppe , starting at c. 4000 BCE
pastoral peoples speaking the Proto - Indo - European language , who departed from the Yamnaya and related cultures in the Pontic -- Caspian steppe , starting at c. 4000 BCE