Sintashta culture

thumb|250px|Reconstructed Roman chariot drawn by horses. thumb|250px|Approximate historical map of the spread of the spoke-wheeled chariot, 2000—500 BC

A spoke is one of some number of rods radiating from the center of a wheel (the hub where the axle connects), connecting the hub with the round traction surface. thumb|right|A spoked wheel on display at the National Museum of Iran, in [[Tehran. The wheel is dated to the late 2nd millennium BCE and was excavated at Choqa Zanbil.]] thumb|right|The remains of a pair of cart wheels with metal axle assembly. thumb|right|An ox-wagon in [[Aliwal North, South Africa. Note the three missing spokes and the metal tire.]] right|thumb|Wooden spoke wheel with metal rim from antique truck on display in Under

archaeological culture

Arkaim () is a fortified archaeological site, dated to 2150-1650 BCE, belonging to the Sintashta culture, situated in the steppe of the Southern Urals, north-northwest of the village of Amursky and east-southeast of the village of Alexandrovsky in the Chelyabinsk Oblast of Russia, just north of the border with Kazakhstan. It was discovered in 1987 by a team of archaeologists which later came under the leadership of Gennady Zdanovich. The realization of its importance unprecedentedly forestalled the planned flooding of the area for a reservoir. The construction of Arkaim is attributed to the ea

reconstructed proto-language of the Indo-Iranian branch of Indo-European

Sintashta is an archaeological site in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the remains of a fortified settlement dating to the Bronze Age, –1800 BC, and is the type site of the Sintashta culture. The site has been characterised as a "fortified metallurgical industrial center."

Archaeological sites in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

lake in Russia

tombs where deceased are buried with their chariot