Mongolia was like other countries when they first appeared, they were fighting over lands that they had, grazing areas, and the people living there were nomadic, lived off the land, and was without a central government. They were around in the stone ages but were not that important until the invention of iron weapons. Stone Age lasted from the 8th century BCE to 4th century BCE. Some believe that they were there 700 thousand years ago. Ancient Mongolian economy back then was about herding animals to different grazing grounds, hunting animals, trading with other people, raided agricultural people and each other. The Mongolians measured their wealth with the amount of livestock in their possession. They had meat from sheep and milk from their horses. They had traded for things they needed, which wasn’t much. Mongolians started to ride horses in 1000 B.C. They had trust in their horses to let them wander around without being tied down. They are przevalsky horses and have been around since man first walked the earth. They had both tools and weapons of their own. Some tools were rocks, daggers, swords, arrows, and helmets. Nomads lived together on the steppes or Mongolia. They sometimes came together under a leader to pose a threat to other people