Read through the following text and then choose the best phrase or sentence given below, to fill each of the gaps.Write one letter (A-M) in each of the numbered gaps. Some of the suggested answers do not fit at all.
The Kurgan

Six thousand years ago, the Kurgan emerged on the vast grasslands of the Eurasian steppes. (1)
_____________ to breed horses that could carry human mounts, (2) _____________. The Kurgan conquered
the steppes, (3) _____________. Their era marked the beginning of a journey of pastoral conquest (4)
_____________ in the American west, the tropical forests of Central and South America and the arid plains of
(5) _____________.
The Kurgan transformed Europe over a 3,000-year period of invasion and conquest but (6) _____________,
no works of art and no written records, their (7) _____________. And yet that influence has been great. (8)
_____________, security if found in a deep sense of belonging to the land. (9) _____________ had no such
allegiance to place. Land was something to capture, possess and exploit. It had strategic and economic value,
(10) _____________.
A. but no sacred or intrinsic value
B. The nomadic Kurgans
C. Under the Kurgan influence
D. allowing them to manage large herds of cattle
over vast regions
E. creating the first great nomadic cattle empire
in world history
F. that could be used in trade with other cultures

G. that continues today
H. having left no physical monuments
I. In agricultural societies
J. lacking a common culture
K. They were the first people
L. the Australian outback
M. influence has largely been ignored by historians