Saka people

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Eastern Iranian people ancient people nomadic people

The Saka people were an ancient group of Eastern Iranian nomadic tribes of the Eurasian Steppe, culturally and linguistically related to the Scythians.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Saka 3
Saka people canonical 2
Saka (Scythian) peoples 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Iranian people ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ
nomadic people ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture Pazyryk culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saka culture of Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ
areaOfActivity Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eastern Iran ⓘ
Kazakh Steppe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tarim Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Xinjiang NERFINISHED ⓘ
northwestern India ⓘ
artStyle Scythian animal style NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialCustom kurgan burial ⓘ
continent Eurasia NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture Scythian culture ⓘ
economicActivity cattle herding ⓘ
horse herding ⓘ
sheep herding ⓘ
ethnicity Iranian NERFINISHED ⓘ
exonym Sacae NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Indo-Scythian kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kushan Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Eastern Iranian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
lifestyle nomadic pastoralism ⓘ
mentionedIn Achaemenid inscriptions NERFINISHED ⓘ
Behistun Inscription NERFINISHED ⓘ
Herodotus' Histories NERFINISHED ⓘ
militarySpecialization mounted archery ⓘ
nameUsedBy Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Scythian world NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Eurasian Steppe NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Massagetae NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sarmatians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scythians NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Iranian polytheism ⓘ
fire worship ⓘ
sky worship ⓘ
subgroup Indo-Scythians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saka haumavarga NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saka of the Tarim Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saka para Sugdam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saka tigraxauda NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
Classical antiquity ⓘ
weapon composite bow ⓘ
spear ⓘ
sword ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saka languages → spokenBy → Saka people ⓘ
Saka → spokenBy → Saka people ⓘ
Kingdom of Khotan → ethnicComposition → Saka people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saka (Scythian) peoples
Bactrians → neighboringPeople → Saka people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saka
Persian army → recruitmentFrom → Saka people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saka
Sijistan → namedAfter → Saka people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saka
Andronovo culture → precedes → Saka people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saka cultures