Military Policy of the Scythians

[timmy_area51]

At present, problems associated with the study of the Scythians are acquiring increasingly greater relevance. According to assumptions by contemporary Russian scholars, the Scythians are considered to be the progenitors of the Slavs. These assumptions are based on several written sources (Herodotus’ The Histories, Nestor’s The Tale of Bygone Years, The Nikon Chronicle, et al.) and materials from archeological digs, which attempt to disclose the chronological and geographical framework of the Scythian civilization. They supplement material and written sources by ancient Greek myths and use linguistic and numismatic information, thereby illuminating the antiquity of our nation. Based on information from V. V. Latyshev’s Journal of Ancient History, G. Dumézil’s short work Scythians and Sleighs, Z. Gasanov’s Royal Scythians, and many other scholarly works, this article examines problems of military policy and analyzes the weapons, tactics, maneuvers, and stratagems of the military affairs of the Scythians against their enemies.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13518046.2017.1307036

 

[GHALIB]

scythians mixed with locals

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

Scythians were not progenitors of the Slavs. Scythians were an Irani nomad group which had a tremendous impact on CAR, Iran, Afg, and Pakistan. They overthrew the Indo-Greek states and destroyed Alexandria of the East. Sistan in Iran is referring to them.

 

[timmy_area51]

scythians mixed with locals

yes but their story is still interesting , at least to me . imagine more than 1500-1600 years ago , the steppe were occupied by a radically different race of people . that's my only interest . to find out if it's true or not .

 

[Manidabest]

interesting!!!!

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

yes but their story is still interesting , at least to me . imagine more than 1500-1600 years ago , the steppe were occupied by a radically different race of people . that's my only interest . to find out if it's true or not .

If you are in Kazakhstan, check the Saka Golden Man/ Man of Issyk statue.

 

[Hamza913]

yes but their story is still interesting , at least to me . imagine more than 1500-1600 years ago , the steppe were occupied by a radically different race of people . that's my only interest . to find out if it's true or not .

Scythians did inhabit a vast area of land, so it's probable that multiple different ethnic groups are descended from them.

In my opinion, their descendants would probably be concentrated in Russia, Central Asia, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

 

[timmy_area51]

Scythian - 800 BC - 100 BC

Human settlement in the territory of Ukraine dates back to at least 4500 BC, when the Neolithic Cucuteni culture flourished in a wide area that covered parts of modern Ukraine including Trypillia and the entire Dnieper-Dniester region. During the Iron Age, the land was inhabited by Cimmerians, Scythians, and Sarmatians. Between 700 BC and 200 BC it was part of the Scythian Kingdom, or Scythia. The Scythians of Asia have always been distinct from the Persians, and were their constant and implacable enemies. The latter distinguished the Scythians by the name of Sacce, or Sak, which signifies dogs. The Scythians appear, according to some not very good authorities, to have founded, in fabulous times, an empire which embraced Persia and the whole of western Asia; such an empire, if it ever had existence, has left no traces behind it.




https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/ukraine/scythian.htm