Nomads and Empires
Charting the history of the Eurasian steppe, including the Scythians, the Gokturks, and the Mongols.
Nomads and Empires
Episode 21: Scythians: Masters of Asia
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Season 1
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We investigate the supposed Scythian "28-year reign" of the Near East, including their conquests of Media and Palestine.
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Relevant Books:
- Barry Cunliffe, The Scythians: Nomad Warriors of the Steppe
- Denis Sinor, The Cambridge History of Inner Asia, Volume 1
- Hyun Jin Kim, et al., Eurasian Empires in Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages:
Contact and Exchange between the Graeco-Roman World, Inner Asia and China - John Boardman, et al., The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 3, Part 2: The Assyrian and Babylonian Empires and Other States of the Near East, from the Eighth to the Sixth Centuries BC, 2nd edition