The Indo-Europeans

The Indo-Europeans were nomads who started the base of the Indo-European language family. The steppes are is grassy and dry land in the Caucasus Mountains. A migration is the travels of a group of people from one area to another. Anatolia is modern day Turkey which was occupied by a group of Indo-Europeans called the Hittites. Another group of Indo-Europeans is called the Aryans. They created the Vedas which were sacred literature. Brahmins were priests in the Aryan caste system. A caste is a group within a social system. The Mahabharata is the representation of the struggles the Aryans had as they migrated and it was the way the cultures blended.