...The name "Scythian" has also been used to refer to various peoples seen as similar to the Scythians, or who lived anywhere in a vast area covering present-day Ukraine, Russia and Central Asia—known until medieval times as Scythia. Frozen Siberian Mummies Reveal a Lost Civilization, DISCOVER Magazine Read full entry
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- During the 5th to 3rd centuries BC the Scythians evidently prospered. ... The Scythians apparently obtained their wealth from their control over the slave ...
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cythians
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- The Sakas (Indo-Scythians) expanded to Sistan (which was also known as Sakestan) ... ISBN 978-3-492-25146-4, describes the life of nomadic Scythians around 700 BC. ...
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What happened to the They were an Iranian peoples
that lived in Russia and
Eastern Europe.
Some of them even migrated
Germany. They lasted until
before the middle ages and
then they simply dissappeared.
What happened? Did the Turks
and the Slavs kill thim?
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The state disappeared but most of them mixed with other populations. Just think about the Roman Empire and the "new comers" (gothes, vandals, franks, germans, arabs, normans etc.) were are they? if you check the family names in europe you'll find them! Of course a lot of them died during the wars but very rarely there was a destruction of a population. P.S. by the way, just recently they have discovered some thousands of Scythian tombs with a great amount of objects in a large area east of Turkey, between azerbajan and pakistan. |
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Which of these regions was NOT 1.Africa
2.Afghanistian
3.Russia
4.Mediterranean
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I love how everyone wants to give you a link to where you can read about it, when all you want is the damm answer!!! LOL. Scythians were "men of the horse" from modern day Afghanistan. They were nomadic though, so they spread from there to Russia and eventually down into the Mediterranean Sea area (north side, not the African side). So your answer would be A. Africa. |
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Who were the ancient I've heard various theories
ranging from relatives of the
Mongols to Celts to Iranians.
Did they leave any linguistic
evidence of their culture?
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Theories abound when it comes to the ancient Scythians. Most scholars agree the Scythians were an ancient nomadic people from Scythia, an "ancient region of Eurasia extending from the mouth of the Danube River on the Black Sea to the territory east of the Aral Sea." Some scholars also believe that some of the legends concerning King Arthur and Camelot originated as a result of contact between the Scythians and Celtic tribes, although other people dispute this research. Recent books on this subject include: "From Scythia to Camelot" edited by C. Scott Littleton (Professor of Anthropology) and Linda A. Malcor (Ph.D in Folklore and Mythology) and "Arthur the Dragon King. The Barbaric Roots of Britain's Greatest Legend" by anthropologist and film-maker Howard Reid. The first book debates, among other things, linguistic evidence concerning the Scythians, Sarmatians, Alans, and Ossetians. Hope this helps. |
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