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Ancient Nomadic Peoples
The Scythians and Parthians
ancestors of
Central European civilization
Robert D. Morritt
Availability
 Within these pages we trace the
movement of Steppe Nomads, The Scythians known as 'the noble savages (or
according to Hesiod c.700 BCE, 'The 'mare milkers'.) from historical and
archaeological evidence. Herodotus the Greek historian referred to the
European Scythians as Scythians and the eastern ones as Sacae. The name
Scythians and Sacae applied to themselves was Skudat 'archer'. Later, the
Scythians were sometimes called Getae. The Persians also called the Scythians
Sakai. The Assyrians called Scythians, who attacked the kingdom of Urartu in
Armenia, Ashguzai or Ishguzai. The Scythians may have been the Biblical
Ashkenazi. The Scythians claimed this to be the first people to exist in the
region when at that period it was desert a millennium before Darius of Persia
was named Targitaos. We consider the 'Horse people' as ancestors of the 'Magyar'
the Hungarians that is still open to conjecture due to recent speculation of
a possible 'north of the Don 'origin. Long a confusing area for historians
due to the nomadic heritage of these ancient peoples it is hoped this book
may clarify some of the confusion of these 'migrant' peoples.
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