Scythians

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Iranian people ancient people nomadic people steppe culture

The Scythians were a group of ancient Iranian nomadic tribes famed for their skilled horsemanship, archery, and warrior culture, who dominated the Eurasian steppe from roughly the 9th to 2nd centuries BCE.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Sakas 2
Scythian tribes 2
The Scythians 2

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iranian people ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ
nomadic people ⓘ
steppe culture ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture Pazyryk culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scythian culture of the Pontic steppe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tagar culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
artStyle Scythian animal style NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialCustoms kurgan tombs ⓘ
mummification in permafrost regions ⓘ
capitalOrMainCenter Gelonus (according to Herodotus) NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict Achaemenid Empire under Darius I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cimmerians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sarmatians NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Eurasia NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture Scythian culture ⓘ
economy horse breeding ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
raiding ⓘ
endTime 2nd century BCE ⓘ
ethnicity Iranian ⓘ
genderRoles presence of female warriors ⓘ
horseEquipment decorated saddles ⓘ
ornate bridles ⓘ
influenced Sarmatians NERFINISHED ⓘ
later steppe nomads ⓘ
knownFor animal style art ⓘ
composite bows ⓘ
golden artifacts ⓘ
horse archers ⓘ
horsemanship ⓘ
kurgan burial mounds ⓘ
mounted archery ⓘ
nomadic pastoralism ⓘ
scale armor ⓘ
warrior culture ⓘ
languageFamily Iranian languages ⓘ
mentionedIn Herodotus' Histories NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernCountryTerritory Azerbaijan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Moldova NERFINISHED ⓘ
Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ukraine NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighbor Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ancient Greeks NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cimmerians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sarmatians NERFINISHED ⓘ
possibleInfluenceOn Greek myths of Amazons ⓘ
region Eurasian Steppe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pontic–Caspian steppe NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Iranian polytheism ⓘ
socialClass warrior aristocracy ⓘ
socialStructure tribal confederation ⓘ
startTime 9th century BCE ⓘ
timePeriod 2nd century BCE ⓘ
9th century BCE ⓘ
UNESCOHeritageRelatedSite Scythian burial mounds in the Pontic steppe NERFINISHED ⓘ
weapon akinakes short sword ⓘ
battle-axe ⓘ
short composite bow ⓘ
spear ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

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

Olbia Pontica → attackedBy → Scythians ⓘ
Siege of Nineveh → belligerent → Scythians ⓘ
Fall of Nineveh → combatant → Scythians ⓘ
Cholpon-Ata petroglyphs → culturalContext → Scythians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scythian
Histories → describesPeople → Scythians ⓘ
Indo-Scythian Kingdoms → ethnicBasis → Scythians ⓘ
Indo-Scythian Kingdoms → ethnicBasis → Scythians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sakas
Bosporan Kingdom → ethnicComposition → Scythians ⓘ
Srubnaya culture → followedBy → Scythians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scythian culture
Late Scythian kingdom → hasEthnicGroup → Scythians ⓘ
Western Crimea → hasHistoricalPopulation → Scythians ⓘ
Fall of the Assyrian Empire → hasParticipant → Scythians ⓘ
Scythia Minor → inhabitedBy → Scythians ⓘ
Getae → neighborOf → Scythians ⓘ
Olbia Pontica → neighboringPeople → Scythians ⓘ
Kambojas → neighboringPeoples → Scythians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sakas
Peucini → neighboringPeoples → Scythians ⓘ
Alexander Blok → notableWork → Scythians ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Scythians
Cimmerians → possibleSuccessorGroup → Scythians ⓘ
Scythian religion → practicedBy → Scythians ⓘ
Cimmerians → relatedTo → Scythians ⓘ
Northern Black Sea Greek colonies → tradedWith → Scythians ⓘ
Olbia Pontica → tradedWith → Scythians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scythian tribes
Pantikapaion → tradedWith → Scythians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scythian tribes
Alexander Blok → wrote → Scythians ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Scythians