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Scythians

The Scythians (/ˈsɪθiən, ˈsɪðiən/) or Scyths (/ˈsɪθs/), also known as the Pontic Scythians, were an ancient Eastern Iranic equestrian nomadic people who migrated during the 9th to 8th centuries BC from Central Asia to the Pontic Steppe in modern-day Ukraine and Southern Russia, where they remained until the 3rd century BC.

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Location
Central Asia (9th-7th centuries BC) West Asia (7th–6th centuries BC) Pontic Steppe (6th–3rd centuries BC)
Capital
Kamianka (c. 6th century BC - c. 200 BC)
Common languages
Scythian
Demonym
Scythians
Government
Monarchy
Religion
Scythian religion

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Kings of Early Scythians

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Scythians

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Scythians

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related to Genetics · 41
Scythians → Ancient Northeast Asian, Andronovo, BC, Black Sea, Bronze, Central Asian Steppe, E1b, East Eurasian, Eastern Scythian Saka, Hallstatt, Hungarian Scythians, I2a, In, Initially, Iron Age, Iron Age Scythians, J2a, Lusatian, Middle Dnieper, Middle Donets
related to Mediaeval period · 26
Scythians → Although, Anglorum, Bede, Bulgars, Central Europe, Drawing, Europe, Graeco-Roman, Historia, Hungarians, In, Irish, Latin, Mediaeval, Middle Ages, Mongols, North Europe, Picti, Picts, Poles
related to Antiquity · 21
Scythians → Ancient Greek, Assyria, BC, Cimmerians, Ethiopians, Greek, Hesiod, Hesiod's Catalogue, Huns, Late Antiquity, Libyans, Mediaeval Period, Mongols, Phrygia, Skúthas, The, These Cimmerians, Turkic, Urartu, West Asia
related to Proto-Scythian period · 19
Scythians → AD, Altai-Sayan, BC, BC Aržan-1, Central Asia, Central Asian Iranic, Central Europe, Chernogorovka-Novocherkassk, Cimmerians, Early Sakas, Europe, Kazakhstan, Like, Sarmatians, Sauromatians, Siberia, Southeast, The, The Scythians
related to Trade · 19
Scythians → Aegean Sea, Also, BC, Black Sea, Egypt, Egyptian, Greece, Greek, Greeks, Iurcae, Kamianka, Other Scythian, Persian Empire's, Scythian, The, The Scythian, The Scythians, Thyssagetae, Ural Mountains
related to Art · 17
Scythians → Achaemenid Persian, Animal Style, BC, Celtic, Central Asia, Greek, Hallstatt, It, Media, Sauromatians, Scythian, Shang Chinese, Siberia, The, The Scythians, Thracian, West Asian
related to Middle (or Classical) period · 17
Scythians → Among, Ariapeithes, At, BC, Ciscaucasia, Ciscaucasian Scythian, Classical Scythian, Due, It, Middle, Persian, Pontic Steppe, Sauromatian, Scyles, Scythia, Scythian, The
related to Other weapons and armour · 17
Scythians → Aristocrats, BC, Caucasian, Chalcidic, Commoner, Corinthian, Georgian Bronze Age, Greek-made, Greek-made Attic, Helmets, In, Kuban, Some Scythian, The Scythians, This, Thracian, West Asia
related to Metalworking · 16
Scythians → By, Caucasus, Central Asia, Dnipro, Donets Ridge, Early Scythian, Iron, Kamianka, Middle Scythian, Other, Pontic Scythian, Scythia, The, The Scythians, This, Ural Mountains
related to Physical appearance · 16
Scythians → Adamantius, Alexandria, Callimachus, Clement, Dalmatians, Europe, Galen, Germans, Hippocrates, Illyrians, Persian, Polemon, Sarmatians, Scythian, The Greek, The Scythians

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scythian bc century pontic steppe kingdom greek also west asia early used culture cimmerians scythia sea late time became ancient

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ScythiansCapitalKamianka (c. 6th century BC - c. 200 BC)1.00infobox
ScythiansCommon languagesScythian1.00infobox
ScythiansDemonymScythians1.00infobox
ScythiansGovernmentMonarchy1.00infobox
ScythiansLocationCentral Asia (9th-7th centuries BC) West Asia (7th–6th centuries BC) Pontic Steppe (6th–3rd centuries BC)1.00infobox
ScythiansReligionScythian religion1.00infobox
Scythians• 679-c. 665 BCBartatua1.00infobox
Scythians• c. 360s-339 BCAteas1.00infobox
Scythians• c. 450-c. 430 BCOctamasadas1.00infobox
Scythians• c. 460-c. 450 BCScyles1.00infobox
Scythians• c. 490-c. 460 BCAriapeithes1.00infobox
Scythians• c. 658/9-625 BCMadyes1.00infobox
Scythians• Expulsion of Scythians from West Asia by Medesc. 600 BC1.00infobox
Scythians• Persian invasion513 BC1.00infobox
Scythians• Sarmatian invasion of Scythiac. 3rd century BC1.00infobox
Scythians• Scythian alliance with the Neo-Assyrian Empirec. 672 BC1.00infobox
Scythians• Scythian migration from Central Asia to Caucasian Steppec. 9th-8th century BC1.00infobox
Scythians• unknown-679 BCIšpakaia1.00infobox

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