everyone had flat breads. Travel north from Turkey and head NE to the north shores of the Black Sea. Enter the Yemna people (Proto-Ukrainians). They were the ones to discover yeast, for rising Breads, and fermentation no doubt. They also domesticated the Horse. As the horse is natural to the Stepps
Of what is now eastern Ukraine. Later the Yemna evolved into the Scythians. Here's where 1 deranged emperor (Persian) got too big for his britches. He asked ahead to meet with some envoys, but killed them. Which upset Tomyris because one of those envoys was her Brother. Her horse archers and
Chariot archers ripped the Persians to pieced. She captured their leader Cyrus, and he lost his head, literally and figuratively. The Scythians spread far, but later evolved into local tribes across the steppes. Slight back track. The Yemna were the base language for the Indo-European languages
In the Zaporizhzhia area. You will hear about this area again later. Ukrainians were always present, just under different names, like the Alans, Slavs, Huns?, Visigoths? Around 480 ce, Kyiv was founded on the Dnipro River.
One of the oldest cities in Europe, Kyiv is a cornerstone of Ukraine today. A vibrant city with culture, history and beauty.
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Enter the Varangian Vikings from Sweden. Skal! They'd normally raid along the rivers and Baltic Sea. But had a better long term plan. They teamed up with the Ukrainians to create the Kyivrus kingdom
Kyiv was at the crossroads of everything going east and west, from Europe to Asia. Also north and south, along the Dnipro River and other river systems from Scandinavia, down to the Byzantine empire. A perfect trading hub to make money.
Volodymyr the Wise's Daughter Anne, married King Henry of France. The ties between France and Ukraine start here. The French today trained and equipped the Anne du Kyiv Brigade 155th
Volodymyr the Wise also brought Eastern Orthodox Christianity to the Kyivrus, as a way to curry favour to the Byzantine empire.
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