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Jul 2021
52m 42s

The Lives of Herders on the Ancient Step...

Wondery / Patrick Wyman
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When we think of the open grasslands of the Eurasian steppes, we usually imagine nomadic herders taking their livestock from place to place on horseback. But the steppes are a vast and varied place, and so too were the ways of life that ancient people developed to live there. Professor Alicia Ventresca Miller of the University of Michigan joins me to talk ab ... Show More
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