The Scythians (ən or ən; from Greek Σκύθης, Σκύθοι) were Iranian equestrian tribes who were mentioned as inhabiting large areas in the central Eurasian steppes starting with the 7th century BC up until the 4th century AD. Their territories during the Iron Age were known to classical Greek sources as `Scythia`. Their historical appe.....
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An ancient people of the Crimea, who flourished from the 8th to the 4th cent. B.C.E. They spoke an Indo-Iranian language but had no system of writing. They were nomadic conquerors and skilled horsemen. The so-called Royal Scyths established a kingdom in the E Crimea before the 9th cent. B.C.E.
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