According to tradition, after Ellac's defeat and death, his brothers ruled over two separate, but closely related hordes on the steppes north of the Black Sea.

During the fourth century also, the Huns left the steppes north of the Aral Sea to invade Europe.

They colonized the Volga Delta and occupied whole steppes north of the Caspian, establishing the Kalmyk Khanate.

The latter, a confederation of semi-nomadic Turkic peoples, ruled over the steppes north of the Greater Caucasus range.

By 562 they controlled the steppes north of the Black Sea and the lower Danube basin.

The departure of the Hungarians led to an unstable power vacuum and the loss of Khazar control over the steppes north of the Black Sea.

"Northeastern Zemoch,' she replied, "from the steppes north of Merjuk.

They were mostly drawn from among the Kipchak Turks/Cumans who controlled the steppes north of the Black Sea.

The Black Sea type, found in the steppes north of the Black Sea, has a thin body, with no flaring near the head, and two knots.

Scythian nomads, based in the steppes north of the Black Sea, were ancient warriors who at one time occupied much of Eastern Europe and Russia.