These are terrains and waters guaranteed to nourish ruggedness. They lived from the land, eating its grains. Eventually, they began raising grain of their own and made their clothing from sheep's wool. Sheep were raised strictly for wool and cattle were raised for food. Depending upon the territory in which they lived, they also raised camels or horses.
Archeological findings indicate they reared herding dogs.
Isolated from the rest of the world, full of courage and ferocity, the herding dogs were highly interbred within each ancestral clan. Some of these dogs developed into a definite type like the Portuguese Water Dog. The perpetual tugs of wars resulted in frequent migration. The conquered, not waiting to count on miricles from the gods, took their animals and fled the stepes for the far corners of the world. They spread these in all directions as they pillaged along the early roadways of the world.