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Scythian world.

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Plieva A.

Hujieva K.

Tedeeva K.

The Scythians – ancient Indo-European people, which existed in the VIII century BC – IV century AD.

Related peoples Scythians in language and culture were Sauromats ( Sarmatians), and Saks Massagets. According to M. Isaev, a direct descendant of the Scythian language in the modern period is Ossetian.

The approximate extent of Eastern Iranian languages and people in Middle Iranian times in the 1 st century BC is shown in orange.

Scythians first among the peoples of the continent's cavalry really became the main type of forces predominate over the infantry, and during the Near Eastern campaigns - the only force [source not specified 46 days].

The Scythians first (as far as the sources allow us to judge) in the history of warfare have successfully applied a strategic retreat with the aim of a radical change in the balance of forces in their favor. They first went to the division of troops into two parts interact with the production of specific tasks to each of them. In military practice, they successfully applied a method of warfare, aptly named by ancient authors "small war". They demonstrated the skillful management of a significant volume of campaigns for the vast theater of war that led to the expulsion of the exhausted by enemy forces or the defeat of the large masses of the enemy.

Gold Scythian pectoral, or neckpiece, from a oyal kurgan in Tolstaya Mogila, Pokrov, Ukraine, dated to the second half of the 4 th century BC. The central lower tier shows three horses, each being torn apart by two griffins.

Gold Scythian belt title, Mingachevir (ancient Scythian kingdom), Azerbaijan, 7 th century BC.

Scythians shooting with the Scythian bow, Kerch (ancient Panticapeum), Crimea, 4 th century BC.