Eurasian Steppe Belt

a steppe is a geological ecoregion. Or, more basically speaking, it's an area that is generally characterized by grassland plains devoid of trees and far away from rivers or lakes. Imagine a desert, but with grass. The largest of these is known as the Eurasian steppe belt, which stretches from Moldova to Manchuria.The Eurasian Steppe has served to connect the regions of Europe, Southern Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Asia for many centuries - millennia, even. For example, if we think back to the Migration Theory, we can now see a direct path across the continent to envision the path they took. But that is not all the steppe belt has done. In addition, it has connected these areas economically, culturally, politically, and magically once civilizations started to rise.the first of the three divisions, the Western Steppe. This particular steppe begins near the mouth of the Danube river and reaches north to Kazan and south to the Ural Mountains. Within the Western Steppe, there is the Black Sea-Caspian Steppe, which as you can tell by its name, moves from between the Black and Caspian Seas to the Caucasus Mountains. The western steepe contains an interesting geographical feature, what many historians call the Great Hungarian Plain, which is an island steppe. What do I mean by an island steppe? I thought a steppe was a series of grasslands? The definition given previously is still correct, as an island steppe just refers to being separated from the original steppe, in this case by mountains. There is one more important interior steppe that I would like to point out: the Crimean Peninsula, which is on the south coast, and was and is a major connection for the wizarding and Muggle communities who lived farther down near the Mediterranean basin.the central steppe  also known as the Kazakh Steppe, which lies at the southern end of the Ural Mountains and is typically referred to as the invisible, dividing line between Europe and Asia. However, this division is not only geographically important, but also politically important. To the north of this ecoregion is the Kazakh forest, which eventually transitions into the Siberian forest, but to the south lies the Kazakh desert.the eastern steepe is the most important when talking about Asia. The Eastern Steppe is composed of three individual steppes, primarily based upon their geographical location, the first being Xinjiang, which covers the northwestern province of China. In a region now known as Dzungaria, the Xinjiang Steppe is divided into two distinct geographical and cultural regions by the Tianshan Mountains. However, I would like to focus on the Tarim Basin, which is located to the south of the mountains. This area was inhabited by the Uyghur people who practiced a variety of pagan religions. We know from fragments of ancient texts found by a magical historian, Robert Meddleweb, that a large number of these people were of magical descent, which complements the fact that excavators uncovered many ancient artifacts containing potent magic in this area.the second part of the Eastern Steppe is known as the Mongol Steppe, which lies primarily within Mongolia. Unfortunately there isn’t much of interest to us about this particular geographical feature other than the Gobi Desert, which explains why this particular steppe is relatively uninhabited, with the exception of a few nomadic tribes. Finally, we reach our last steppe in this area, located in the northeastern province of Manchuria and part of Mongolia. In addition to the Tarim Basin, the Manchurian Steppe is one of the most culturally diverse parts of the Eurasian steppe belt due to the constant changes in power between the Chinese, Japanese, and Russians.