Episode 21: Scythians: Masters of Asia

Nomads and Empires

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