Horse Lords: A Brief History of the Scythians

[@HistoryTime]

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[@thepixelwizard01]

You didn't mention the Sakas (Indo-scythians) whose descendants the Jats have strong cavalry and martial traditions. Also a footnote about the Scizone poison supposedly used by the Scythian archers is missing. Would dearly love to see a video on Hepthalite invasions.

[@eschel2155]

Sub! Most interesting video i've seen so far this year!

[@stefankolevstefko]

Any sugestion for Bulgarians ?Most Evedenses says that bulgarians came from Baktria, some says that we are tracians ... Protobulgarians were Sarmatians but .. i dont know ;d if you have some look for us Bulgarians share it :)

[@marinadesousa134]

History Time Out of curiosity have the African Americans claimed them yet As in "They were Black to" They have claimed just about every civilisation/nationality/nation there was or is. I'm expecting it any time soon if they haven't already 😕 Fabulous video by the way 😊

[@zagrepcanin82]

History Time nice video... You have put your sweat in it! Sarmatians are royal scyntians.... My people came from there... Can you make a video about croatians? I would but i dont how... I will try to do it. We are 5500y old nation!

[@CogitoEdu]

Peter the Great is unexpected hero here. We're so lucky he decided to save so many of those finds. Brillaint video by the way. Can't wait to see more.

[@HistoryTime]

Agreed. Thanks! loving your stuff too.

[@Areanyusernamesleft]

He was something of an intellectual, which wasn't exactly common in the Russia of his time (even among the upper class).

[@DedicatedSpartan]

I'm glad he saved them too.

[@DedicatedSpartan]

IDK about whether given the title or not if you are smart you are smart.

[@youknowbestofall5353]

Peter the Great, as he is known, is an impostor who was sent from England. When he got back in Russia: (i) he did not recognise people well known to the real Peter before he went to Europe (WHY?); (ii) his wife was sent to monastery without ever seen him (WHY?); his sister, Sophia, was incarcerated on his return in Russia (WHY?); (iii) he couldn't remember anything that happened with the real Peter before he went to Europe (WHY?); (iv) he couldn't speak fluently Russian (WHY?). In order to have control on the real history (i.e. to falsify it as needed), the impostor known as Peter the Great, "upon realizing the magnitude of the finds, decreed by pain of death that every discovery should be taken directly to him", which policy towards all historical artefacts, especially the written ones, remained after him even more vigorously by Catherine the Great. Further, don't you see a very, very strange similarity between the "mysterious standing stones, bordered by hundreds of ancient burial mounds" (1:56) and Stonehenge (which, as we are told, is 4,000 y old) ?!?!?

[@MadKingOfMadaya]

*_Aryan peoples such as the Medes, Persians and Scythians have an exquisite history and culture which is still present within their descendants, Kurds, Iranians, Afghans and so many to this day. What a magnificent people full of potential._*

[@MrJonnyPepper]

They also helped save Gondor from Mordor

[@HistoryTime]

Spears shall be shaken! shields shall be splintered!

[@nightlord8814]

Best comment.

[@tenhirankei]

I watched this video to learn more about the Rohirrim - the horse lords.

[@MrJonnyPepper]

well maybe thats were tolkien got the idea from

[@sukhrajsandhu8848]

jonny pepperston fantastic 😆😆

[@Survivethejive]

6:20 Scythians are direct descendants of earlier steppe cultures such as yamnaya and sintashta. They spoke an indo-european language and were the same race as their predecessors

[@iliricumdrymountain8092]

Scythians were named after their battle scythes. Science tell us they were protoslavs but there is nation that still call themselvs after this weapon or work tool. They are Serbs in Europe. Their language is Srpski - which means - from scythe. They have the most old sanscrit words.

[@BGSoccerMagic]

According to the Roman emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus, the Serbs got their name for being always in SERVItude to the Roman Emperors.

[@iliricumdrymountain8092]

Borislav Mitev SerBs aka SrBi is original name Serbs called them selves. Ilirians were known for their military SERVICE, thats why latin language have 'service', its from Serbs. Byzant or Vizant, B into latin V... Its military service not servitude. Also slave is from word slav - Sloven becouse majority of war prisoners that germanic and romans took for slaves were slavs. You as bulgarian and as a slav think you are a slave? Not so, I supose. We were in constant battle with western wild plungering tribes. They lived from robbery and plungering slavs.

[@iliricumdrymountain8092]

Borislav Mitev Slavs were all tribes that spoke same language, so similar that they can communicate, they also migrate allot. Even today we can understand each other. Isnt that beautifull? Tracians were also SLAVES for romans. They were Slavs too. Aka Scythians. Herodot confirm this saying that scythian language and tracian were more less the same.

[@iliricumdrymountain8092]

Borislav Mitev he wish they were. Serbs fought against romans you dont expect that enemy propaganda tells truth about you dont you?

[@HistoryMarche]

This is fast becoming one of my favorite history channels. Your story-telling is awesome.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks buddy!

[@clongshanks5206]

You’re not doing too shabby yourself, HM. Nice to see you here

[@rakshithsridharan5078]

@@HistoryTime hi, Scythians were eastern and northern Iranian tribes right ? Speaking iranic language.

[@86godhand]

Check out the channel asha logos… the depth and scope in asha logos videos are unmatched imo

[@DoDaDaDaDaCaDa]

Fun fact: The Danish word "Skytte" (Marksman) is named after the Scythians

[@TheKarenRob]

tak

[@kunstnersjael]

Wow, det er jo oplagt, havde aldrig tænkt over det, tak!

[@NobleKorhedron]

That's no surprise; they were lethal archers, after all...

[@rumbachst]

Completely false! Both words in Scythian and Danish come from the Indo-European root *skeud- “to shoot”, see English “shoot”...

[@johnstewart8849]

I may have fallen for lore, not fact, but I read: the Scythians were never conquered by Darius nor Alexander. The latter signed a treaty with them, and referred to them as The Royal Scythians. they invented the pottery wheel, and the double-bellows that enabled them to be among the first to work iron. Greek historians wrote accounts of the vaping cannabis by throwing hemp seeds on heated rocks, then putting a blanket over themselves and the stones....”they came out howling and laughing....” They did seem highly religious, having the great white stag, who bore the celestial bodies on his antlers, and was the bringer of messages from God.

[@oliviaw2002]

I got a good laugh from the cannabis story that would have been funny to see. I never heard of the great white stag bearing celestial bodies or messages from God. May I please ask if you can recommend where I can read this. I find it very interesting.

[@wildcrocus]

@@oliviaw2002 Look for info on the Siberian Ice Maiden aka the Ukok Princess.

[@oliviaw2002]

@@wildcrocus Thank you!

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Beautiful video, loved learning more about the Scythians

[@greggeverman5578]

Same.

[@brandonvistan7444]

Agreed.

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

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[@arng111]

You should make one

[@olumluhayatbugunvarsinyari9649]

Herodotus wrote that the Scythians ( or Saka ) were a heterogeneous group , having different customs and languages ( Minns 1971 ) The Scythians were an Iranian or proto- Turkic steppe nomadic group that inhabited the southern steppes of Russia during the ancient period. They were gradually replaced by other nomadic groups. The Byzantines, however, commonly referred to all nomads regardless of location as Scythians, even during the medieval period. Timothy May. “The Training of an Inner Asian Nomad Army in the Pre-Modern Period.” The Journal of Military History, vol. 70, no. 3, 2006, pp. 617-635. Second Theory is True,because Scythians were genetically %0.00 iranian Contemporary descendants of western Scythian groups are found among various groups in the Caucasus and Central Asia, while similarities to eastern Scythian are found to be more widespread, but almost exclusively among Turkic language speaking (formerly) nomadic groups, particularly from the Kipchak branch of Turkic languages (Supplementary Note 1). Unterländer, M., Palstra, F., Lazaridis, I. et al.Ancestry and demography and descendants of Iron Age nomads of the Eurasian Steppe. Nat Commun 8, 14615 (2017). We observed particularly high similarity between the Tagar and Classic Scythians from the North Pontic region. In a comparison of our Tagar series with modern populations in Eurasia, we detected similarity between the Tagar group and some modern Turkic-speaking populations (with the exception of the Indo-Iranian Tajik population) (Fig 7; S2 Table). Among the modern Turkic-speaking groups, populations from the western part of the Eurasian steppe belt, such as Bashkirs from the Volga-Ural region and Siberian Tatars from the West Siberian forest-steppe zone, were more similar to the Tagar group than modern Turkic-speaking populations of the Altay-Sayan mountain system (including the Khakassians from the Minusinsk basin) (Fig 7). Based on our results, we can preliminarily conclude that there was genetic continuity, at least partially, between the Early, the Middle and the Late Tagar populations. We did not find evidence of extensive gene exchange between the Tagar population and any genetically distinct (with respect to the mtDNA pool) human groups. Maternal genetic features of the Iron Age Tagar population from Southern Siberia (1st millennium BC) Pilipenko AS, Trapezov RO, Cherdantsev SV, Babenko VN, Nesterova MS, et al. (2018)Maternal genetic features of the Iron Age Tagar population from Southern Siberia (1st millennium BC). PLOS ONE 13(9): e0204062. Arzhan-2, the archaeological site of world significance, a national treasure of peoples of Tuva and Russia, located in the «Valley of Kings» (Piy-Khemsk District, Tyva Republic), was investigated in 2001-2004 by the Central Asian Archaeological Expedition of the State Hermitage Museum headed by K.V. Chugunov. The sites has been dated to the 7th c. BC and attributed to the Scythian-Siberian cultural community. When exploring the «royal» burial of the early Scythian site of Arzhan-2, the scientists faced the questions of the origin of the buried, periodization and chronology of the monument, its archaeological-cultural attribution, the autochthonous nature of the population that left it, and its relationship with other Eurasian early nomadic cultures. The present study is addressing the most important issue of the appearance of the buried people and characteristics of their anthropological type. The material for the study was comprised of male and female skulls from burial 5 of Arzhan-2 mound. The article describes in detail the process of reconstruction of the physical appearance of the deceased and provides examples of calculating ante mortem parameters based on craniometric measurements. The complex stages of preliminary work related to the restoration of skulls and manufacturing of their exact copies are highlighted. The results of the physical appearance reconstruction are presented in the form of visual museum objects - sculptural portraits. The scientific reconstruction of the ante mortem appearance on skulls of the «king» and «queen» was carried out in the Laboratory of Anthropological Reconstruction of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences by anthropologists Drs E.V. Veselovskaya and R.M. Galeev. In anthropological terms, the buried show a peculiar mosaic of Caucasoid and Mongoloid features. They are characterized by brachycephaly and dome-shaped head, with notably developed rugosity of the supercilium in the man and its absence in the woman. For the man, an average width of the face and a narrow forehead of medium height are noted. The woman has broad face and forehead, the height of the forehead is average. Both portraits are characterized by prominent position of eyeballs and large eyes. Man’s nose is short, prominent, with convex dorsum. Woman’s nose has a wavy dorsum, and is slightly prominent. On the male portrait, the cheekbones are moderate, on the female one - high and prominent. Faces of the «royal» persons are flattened in the upper part, with a certain degree of alveolar prognathism. The lower jaw of the man is medium in size, narrow in the corners. For the woman, some gracility of the lower jaw can be noted. Veselovskaya, E.V. & Galeev, Ravil. (2020). Anthropological reconstruction of the physical appearance of the «king» and «queen» from the early Scythian burial and memorial complex of Arzhan-2. VESTNIK ARHEOLOGII, ANTROPOLOGII I ETNOGRAFII. 112-122. 10.20874/2071-0437-2020-49-2-10.

[@rafaelmelo2576]

For me, Scytians seem to be the descendents of the original "Indo Europeans"

[@HistoryTime]

Rafael Melo I think so too.

[@terrygray9788]

Rafael Melo I've always considered them descendants from the people of the steppes. Asia Minor

[@dkepa90]

They were brothers Skif r1b-dna that is one head of eagle and another is r1a y-dna Slaven. Book of Veles has some info about it. And there is some information that can be found in work of Anatoly Fomenko, but he wrote 22 books and i just started, anyway channel newearth has some info.

[@dkepa90]

They are Rome, they r creators of aryan civilization

[@kaindrg]

kaindrg 1 second ago Not genetically, the further east in europe you go the high the percentanges of yamnya or corded ware ( european branch of indo- european) this is recent develomple from studyign genetic material from old bones. What they found was europe is a mix of Middle east the farmers, hunter gathers, and asiatic steppe ppl ( who also happen to have soem asiatic siberian dna related to native americans). The vast majority of western europeans have higher middle eastern farmer dna with some steppe asiatic( probably indoeuropean) but the percentages change when u reach russia where the steppe dna is higher. Remeber they are a mix of all three regardless which populaton we are talking about just percentages are different depending on where you go.

[@onuscronus984]

The Scythians women is where we got the Idea of the Amazon Warriors .

[@Athanatoi]

The first recorded reference to the Amazons was in the 6th book of Homer’s Iliad. described the Amazons as “woman who like to go to war with men" Herodotus, a 5th century BC historian said the Amazons were descendants of shipwrecked Greek woman and Scythian men. Hippocrates, a 5th century BC physician, writes of a Scythian race called Sauromatae. Strabo, a 1st century BC philosopher, places the Amazons at “the foot of the Caucasian mountains”. He also supports the idea that these women would procreate with neighboring villages described them as woman that worked the land, milking cattle and practiced war-like exercises. Recently discovered evidence Archeologist Jeannine Davis-Kimball spent 5 years excavating more than 150 ancient kurgans of the 5th century B.C. located near the Kazakhstan border in Russia 14% of the graves were women buried with bronze daggers, arrowheads, swords and whetstones Chemical analysis of the 68 bronze articles at the burial site revealed that there were a wide variety of different kinds of bronze, originating from very distant areas, as far as Caucasus and Kazakhstan.

[@christinevr7698]

Onus Cronus I would love to see an exploration of this concept alone!!

[@michaelhok8470]

I agree with Christine. An in depth exploration of that topic would be intriguing

[@bwfreel]

Christine VR I think there is a documentary on KZbin exploring this concept, the story is that the Amazons fought on the side of Troy in the Trojan war. Being taken captive by the Greeks and while being taken back to Sparta on a Greek ship, they overpowered the Greek sailors. With no knowledge of sailing they became shipwrecked on the shores of Sarmatia/Scythia and took husbands there. There have been tombs of warriors (women) who were of some sort of priestess or ruling class buried withe their weapons on the step. The documentary traced their expansion into this area via Genetic studies . And found that there are some blond haired , blue eyed, women, an Amazonian trait, in that area to this day! Very interesting

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

WAHMEN*

[@twohundredyearstogetherale2086]

04:20: Actually, the animal art style is reminiscent of the style represented by the intricate wood carvings found around the doors of Nordic stave churches. Those carvings were made around 900 years ago, and probably constitute the last great flowering of an ancient, pre-Christian, Indo-European artistic tradition. By the way, those who enjoy presentations of this kind should check out the marvelous documentaries made by Asha Logos, as well as the book The Horse, the Wheel and Language by David Anthony.

[@aberger6666]

Asha Logos, what a channel. I feel like he is the only youtube historian left who puts effort into his researches and actually is doing research. I am so fed up with those historians who just make videos about wikipedia articles. This video here is ok and gives a quick overview about the expansion and culture but it misleads in so many other ways. No, they were not a bunch of different races sticking to the same cultural norms. They were one race with a distinct phenotype similar to skandinavians today. They were a bunch of different tribes though who spread all over eurasia so many people today have cultural or genetical heritage from them.

[@killeryhiltons8499]

@@aberger6666 Robert Sepehr has videos on the Scythians you should check it out .

[@aberger6666]

@@killeryhiltons8499 thx. Will check out. Looks like i channel i would like.

[@warbledurbler7905]

I am actually a Scythian warrior. I spend most of my time out raiding and horsing around but do enjoy commenting on KZbin videos in my down time.

[@浦飯幽助-y8n]

Nice joke.

[@Iran.cyrusi]

I'm a scthyian from Iran ,lorestan, assna sycaon=sacson city My name is arash sarmati scahiya We are ariyans people Scthyian are Iranian people with Iranian language 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖we have so many scthyian in Iran(scyistan,assna scyaon in lorestan and khoozestan)and Tajikistan and Pakistan and India

[@shahbazshah1963]

Hahahaha

[@trailtrs1]

Lol great comment

[@najibtajpoor4854]

@@Iran.cyrusisarmati is actually kurd people not lor

[@SG-D]

Striking similarity to the standing stones and burial mounds all over North Western Europe.

[@DaDunge]

Probably a protoindoeuropean idea. Then again putting stones up may simply be a human idea.

[@Bigotdweller]

Menhirs, Dolmens are something very european yes

[@jonam7589]

They are the ones who moved to Ireland and got mixed with the locals.

[@hayatituran205]

Saka people moved from Altay to all over Eurasia. It was their land they transferred themselves without a war. Burial culture and stone writings prove their Turkish Ancestry.

[@hayatituran205]

@@jonam7589 Scots came from Saka people. SCOTS wrote to Pope in 1320 to tell him about their ancestry Saka people were Proto Turkish speakers all over Eurasia

[@cubankid1959]

my Great-grandmother was from the jassic region of Hungary and used to tell my grand mother that they were descended from Scythians

[@6killer426]

Because they were, the Jasy are one and the same as the Iazyg tribe of Alans.They destroyed the 21st Legion Rapax “The Raptor” Marcus Aurelius defeated the Iazyg and posted 8500 Iazyg troops along Hadrian’s Wall in Britain, some of them were settled in Britany as well. They literally went from Scythia to Camelot. The descendants of these Alan’s figured greatly in the 1066 invasion of Britain.

[@ertontschoros1987]

Scythians were definitely not a homogenous group, they were nomadic, nomadic don't judge people by their race, so please don't use your narrow peasant mind to define who they were.they were more like Eurasian mix type, but more of northern and central Asian and eastern central Europe, at the end I would say they were nomadic nation's common ancestry, they were one of the pinnacles of nomadic culture. They were the protector of earth, unlike "civilized" peasants, who can;t live harmony with the nature, always desire more, even it's gonna ruin the soil they are living in, if today's world ruler is one of the descendants of Scythians, world will definitely be a better place, no racism, no extremist religious people. no harm is done to mother earth, no evil nuclear bomb and any other evil creatures gonna pollute our precious land, no border controller, everybody moving freely, no first world, third world.Everybody will be truly created equal, unlike nowadays hypocrisy western culture which is ruling the world and leading earth to a total destruction, The nomadic culture more like a indigenous culture of earth itself, which always emphasized the nature's importance, the destruction of nature would be a severe crime, and will receive serious punishment. Western and their so-called modern culture are not built on the harmony between man and nature, it's about man above nature, and destroy nature for its own benefits, even the consequences of their action gonna be devastating, they will still do it, for the profit and "development". Western culture is more like an alien culture, highly possible inherited from some invasive creature from an already being destroyed planet, so they are by nature aggressive and disrespectful, and always think they are better than the indigenous earthling. The earth we were living in now will eventually be being destroyed by these evil power, and now they were already starting to look for another planet for them to destroy!!

[@VasileIuga]

Iazyges and Iassic people have nothing to do with each other. Iassic people arrived in medieval Europe late, are Ossetians remnants of Sarmatian tribes. As name and culture they can be related and even considered separate branches of the same people, but as history they are not very related. You imply a continuity in the plains? That will be a second continuity theory in the area and I am quite sure that their migration is recorded. Also, both of you are wrong, they were not Scythians, but Sarmatians. There is a difference in age, location, tactics, material and language. Also Scythians could mean anything iranians, turks, dacians, slavs, vlahs, depending on the age. Sarmatians were just Iranians. To the core it was a relation as the tartar-mongol relation, but we cannot put equal. So Iassic are not Iazyges, and both were not Scythians as ethnicity.

[@6killer426]

Ertonts Choros opinions are like assholes everyone has one you are no exception.

[@6killer426]

Vasile Iuga I based my opinion from what the 1st century historian Flavius Josephus states about the Alans he called them a Scythian tribe.

[@Survivethejive]

Scyhians were originally white. Steppe dna is European. Mongols and Turkic peoples mixed with steppe peoples but they are completely different races. The Scythians too mixed with asians and eventually became non white, but they were descended from the sintashta and corded ware cultures of Europe

[@sukhrajsandhu8848]

Survive the Jive true we are non whites now jatts of north India and Pakistan... we do sometimes have green blue eye features and brunette and blonde hair in kids . I remember my nephew when he was a kid had pure golden blonde hair but when he grow up his hair turned brunette.. one of my cousin has green blue eyes.. it’s not uncommon among us..jatts have fair to wheatish complexion with Nordic features straight pointy noses with a distinct jawline and tall height

[@DrCorvid]

Disciples of Horus/Shemsu Hor origin, along with the Ubaid DNA possibly. The Paracas skull is caucasian in origin. We wuz long-headed GIANTS!

[@DrCorvid]

The Cathars and the Disciples of Horus practiced astral travel and soul ascension as a science so the pope/Vatican was in trouble with its pale new religion. Origin=Shemsu Hor and Ubaid. St. Patrick's claim to fame was tearing down 300 Irish/Aryan universities for the pope. Can't have the people finding their own light within, can we now?

[@ekremtunc819]

Survive the Jive wtf are you believing? Central Asians black or what? LoL

[@1nopoint]

Yes, the Scythians, Sarmatians, and Alans are all Iranian peoples. The only living descendants are the Ossetians in the Caucasus Mountains.

[@persianwarrior6864]

ALANS, an ancient Iranian tribe of the northern (Scythian, Saka, Sarmatian, Massagete) group, known to classical writers from the first centuries A.D. (see, e.g., Seneca, Thyestes 630; Annaeus Lucan, Pharsalia 8.223, 10.454; Lucian, Toxaris 51, 54, 55, 60; Ptolemy, Geographia 6.14.3, 9, 11; and other sources below). Their name appears in Greek as Alanoi, in Latin as Alani or Halani. The same tribes, or affiliated ones, are mentioned as the Asaioi (Ptolemy 5.9.16), Rhoxolanoi, Aorsoi, Sirakoi, and Iazyges (Strabo 2.5.7, 7.2.4; 11.2.1, 11.5.8; 7.2.4). In early times the main mass of the Alans was settled north of the Caspian and Black seas. Later they also occupied the Crimea and considerable territory in the northern Caucasus. The history of the Alans can be divided into three periods: (1) from the beginning of the Christian era to the great migration of peoples; (2) from that period to the Mongol invasion; (3) subsequent to the Mongol invasion. During the first period, the Alans appear as a nomadic, warlike, pastoral people who were professional warriors and took service, at various times, with the Romans, Parthians, and Sasanians. Their cavalry was particularly renowned. They participated in Mithridates’ wars with Rome (chronicled by Lucan), as well as in Roman campaigns in Armenia, Media, and Parthia in the 1st and 2nd centuries A.D. (see Josephus, Jewish Wars 7.244-51, Antiquities 18.97; cf. accounts in Moses of Khoren, History of the Armenians [Langlois, Historiens II, pp. 105-06, 125] and the Georgian Chronicle [Kartlis tskhovreba, in M. F. Brosset and D. I. Chubinov, Histoire de la Georgie I, St. Petersburg, 1849]). Ammianus Marcellinus (31.2) describes the Alans’ nomadic economy and warlike customs. The invasion of the Huns split the Alans into two parts, the European and the Caucasian. Some of the European Alans were drawn into the migration of peoples from eastern into western Europe. With the Germanic tribes of Visigoths and Vandals they passed into Gaul and Spain, some even reaching North Africa. The Alans fought on the side of the Romans in the battle of the Catalaunian Fields (A.D. 451), when Aetius defeated Attila, chief of the Huns. In 461 and 464 they made incursions into Italy. After Attila’s death they struggled, together with the Germanic tribes, to free themselves from Hun domination. Large Alan hordes settled along the middle course of the Loire in Gaul under King Sangiban and on the lower Danube with King Candac (the historian Jordanes sprang from the latter group). Another settlement is indicated by the name of the Spanish province Catalonia, which is but a slight deformation of Goth-Alania, “province of the Goths and Alans.” The French proper name “Alain” and English “Alan” are an inheritance from the tribe. The Alans also left an imprint on Celtic folk-poetry, e.g., the cycle of legends concerning King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table (see M. Hesse, “Iranisches Sagengut im Christlichen Epos,” Atlantis 1937, pp. 621-28; J. H. Grisward, “Le motif de l’épée jetée au lac: la mort d’Arthur et la mort de Batradz,” Romania 90, 1969, pp. 289-340). Part of the European Alans remained in the lands bordering the Black Sea, including the Crimea. The Caucasian Alans occupied part of the Caucasian plain and the foothills of the main mountain chain from the headwaters of the Kuban river and its tributary, the Zelenchuk (in the west), to the Daryal gorge (in the east). They became sedentary and took to cattle-breeding and agriculture. Towns developed, elements of state organization appeared, and political and cultural ties were established with Byzantium, Georgia, Abkhazia [see Abḵāz], the Khazars, and Russia. Dynastic marriages were concluded with these countries. From the 5th century on, Christian propaganda was conducted, first by Byzantine, later also by Georgian, missionaries. The Alans adopted Christianity in the 10th century, and an Alan episcopal see was created. In 244/857 Boḡā, a general of the caliph of Baghdad, invaded Transcaucasia and the northern Caucasus, devastating Georgia, Abkhazia, the Alan country, and the Khazar lands. The Alans soon recovered, however, and restored their state. They are often mentioned by medieval writers, both western (Procopius of Caesarea, Menander, Theophanes of Byzantium, Constantine Porphyrogenitus) and Arab and Persian. The latter use the name “Alān” or “Ās”; and in Russian chronicles and Hungarian sources the form “Yas” is found. In the 4th/10th century the Arab historian Masʿūdī indicates that the Alan kingdom stretched from Daghestan to Abkhazia. He describes its prosperity: “The Alan king (can) muster 30,000 horsemen. He is powerful, very strong and influential (among?) the kings. The kingdom consists of an uninterrupted series of settlements; when the cock crows (in one of them), the answer comes from the other parts of the kingdom, because the villages are intermingled and close together” (trans. V. Minorsky, A History of Sharvan and Darband, Cambridge, 1958, pp. 156-60). The anonymous Ḥodūd al-ʿālam (trans. Minorsky, pp. 83, 161, 318, 445) describes Alania as a vast country with 1,000 settlements; the people included both Christians and idol-worshipers, mountaineers and plain-dwellers. The text makes the important statement that, in the north, the Alans bordered on the Hungarians and the Bulgars (the ancestors of the Chuvash). In the east they gave their name to the Daryal gorge, called “Gate of the Alans” (Arabic Bāb al-Lān, Persian Dar-e Alān, hence Daryal). The Mongol invasion of the 7th/13th century and Tamerlane’s wars in the 8th/14th proved fatal to the Alan state. Its organization was destroyed, and the population suffered heavy loss. Ebn al-Aṯīr reports: “The Tatars attacked the Alans; they massacred them, committed many outrages, plundered and seized prisoners, and marched on against the Qipchaqs” (XII, p. 252; for the events of 1221 A.D., see Camb. Hist. Iran V, p. 311). The remnants of the Alans broke up into three groups. One retreated into the foothills and gorges of the central Caucasus and lives there up to the present [see Ossetes], numbering some 400,000. The people of their eastern branch call themselves “Ir”, those of the western branch “Digor.” The name “Alan” survives among them, in the form “Allon”, only in folklore. (Russian “Osetiny” is from Georgian Oseti, “Alania.” The Georgians had long called the Alans Os- or Ovs- and their country Oset-.) A second group of Alans migrated with the Qipchaqs (Comani) into Europe, settling in Hungary. The territory they occupied is to this day called Jászság, “province of the Yas;” and its capital is Jászberény. They preserved their language and ethnic identity until the 15th century, but gradually adopted the Hungarian language and became assimilated. The third group took service under the Mongol khans. According to the Chinese chronicle Yuan-shi, these “Asu” played an important role in further Mongol expansion. The Catholic missionary John de Marignolli, who spent five years in China, states that there were up to 30,000 Ās there (H. Yule, Cathay and the Way Thither III [Hakluyt Society, second ser., no. 37], London, 1914, pp. 180ff.). In the course of time they perished in warfare or were absorbed into the local population. The name “Alan” is derived from Old Iranian *arya-, “Aryan,” and so is cognate with “Īrān” (from the gen. plur. *aryānām). The ancient Alan language may, to some extent, be reconstructed on the basis of modern Ossetic (after excluding the latter’s Turkic and Caucasian additions). The Alans created no writing, and no texts survive in their language except an inscription in Greek letters on a tombstone from the headwaters of the Kuban (Grund. Iran. Phil. I, Anhang, p. 31). A few sentences are recorded by the Byzantine author Tzetzēs (Gerhardt, “Alanen und Osseten,” pp. 37-51). Various personal, ethnic, and place names are also known (see M. Vasmer, Die Iranier in Südrussland, Leipzig, 1923, pp. 25-29). This material at least indicates clearly the Iranian character of the Alan language.

[@amberann1229]

Persian Warrior Good post. Sarmation cavalrymen who came to Britain during Roman Times were given land in my area of Lancashire UK when they retired. I have often wondered if they gave rise to the legend of King Arthurs Knights.

[@emir-8165]

Persian Warrior Saka‘s are turkic.

[@emir-8165]

Alan is a ancient turkic word.

[@RezBabe]

While there, why not say, "Arabs, Somalian, Aztecs are Turkic"?! claim the lot, all yours...

[@debmarcum4621]

Persian Warrior 6000 year's Babylon . we not in alot of things being slaves in Babylon Islam Egypt'Africa .Congo where they segregated the Tribe's and worked was if black Smith that be name Today Smith so on Hugs

[@Punished_Rustles]

Cool video. I just want to point out that the Scythians were an indo-european people and were not related to the turko-mongolic people who invaded later on from the east and north

[@HistoryTime]

Punished Rustles Yep. They came from the same steppe so were culturally related.

[@ertontschoros1987]

Scythians were definitely not a homogenous group, they were nomadic, nomadic don't judge people by their race, so please don't use your narrow peasant mind to define who they were.they were more like Eurasian mix type, but more of northern and central Asian and eastern central Europe, at the end I would say they were nomadic nation's common ancestry, they were one of the pinnacles of nomadic culture. They were the protector of earth, unlike "civilized" peasants, who can;t live harmony with the nature, always desire more, even it's gonna ruin the soil they are living in, if today's world ruler is one of the descendants of Scythians, world will definitely be a better place, no racism, no extremist religious people. no harm is done to mother earth, no evil nuclear bomb and any other evil creatures gonna pollute our precious land, no border controller, everybody moving freely, no first world, third world.Everybody will be truly created equal, unlike nowadays hypocrisy western culture which is ruling the world and leading earth to a total destruction, The nomadic culture more like a indigenous culture of earth itself, which always emphasized the nature's importance, the destruction of nature would be a severe crime, and will receive serious punishment. Western and their so-called modern culture are not built on the harmony between man and nature, it's about man above nature, and destroy nature for its own benefits, even the consequences of their action gonna be devastating, they will still do it, for the profit and "development". Western culture is more like an alien culture, highly possible inherited from some invasive creature from an already being destroyed planet, so they are by nature aggressive and disrespectful, and always think they are better than the indigenous earthling. The earth we were living in now will eventually be being destroyed by these evil power, and now they were already starting to look for another planet for them to destroy!!

[@ertontschoros1987]

Imperator Franque I didn't say about race, I say about culture. Use you little brain. You racist.

[@ertontschoros1987]

Imperator Franque And aren't nuclear weapon and all your Abraham religion leading us to the doom,you guys can never live in harmony with others and nature, all you expected are the Armageddon or your Islamic term for apocalypse, you were all waiting for the end of the world,because your alien god was from an other planet,they don't really care about earth,all their care was total destruction of the planet, on the other hand, nomadic culture always think the nature before the people,if the world is leading by nomads, nuclear weapon will never be invented, earth will rarely be polluted.

[@13Luk6iul]

Why should that matter?

[@khalidmukhtiar854]

MY Pashtun Iranic Schythian Cousins I love you from Fars,Iran

[@victordorian8136]

Scythians and sarmatians and Alani were not Turko mongol racially but had similar pastoral nomadic culture they were Northern European racially as you can even see in their art and mummies

[@hoodiecollier5542]

History Time Well, is there not any evidence that the mongols and Turks were partly descendant from the Scythian peoples?

[@Punished_Rustles]

I don't know about native mongols, but the turkic peoples in places like khazakstan and tajikistan have partial european ancestry. Presumably from a mixing of the native scythians with the turkic and mongolic peoples who invaded from siberia and the east. There are even small numbers of people in the area that are still mostly indo-european. Like the Yaghnobi, the last remaining descendants of the sogdians.

[@spramodh21]

Sarmatians were often light featured, yes. But the story is more complicated. Many Scythians were dark-haired, with deep-set eyes and classically Iranic noses. All these steppe cultures were a ethnic mix of Iranic, Native European, and Mongolic, and even Ugaritic populations. Its unclear, but they probably had a mix of languages too, but their main (perhaps upper-class) language was Eastern Iranic. Its likely that Sarmatians and Alans, living in Europe, picked up many traits of Neolithic European population, i.e. light hair etc. But in typical steppe-nomad fashion, kept their culture and language.

[@ertontschoros1987]

Scythians were definitely not a homogenous group, they were nomadic, nomadic don't judge people by their race, so please don't use your narrow peasant mind to define who they were.they were more like Eurasian mix type, but more of northern and central Asian and eastern central Europe, at the end I would say they were nomadic nation's common ancestry, they were one of the pinnacles of nomadic culture. They were the protector of earth, unlike "civilized" peasants, who can;t live harmony with the nature, always desire more, even it's gonna ruin the soil they are living in, if today's world ruler is one of the descendants of Scythians, world will definitely be a better place, no racism, no extremist religious people. no harm is done to mother earth, no evil nuclear bomb and any other evil creatures gonna pollute our precious land, no border controller, everybody moving freely, no first world, third world.Everybody will be truly created equal, unlike nowadays hypocrisy western culture which is ruling the world and leading earth to a total destruction, The nomadic culture more like a indigenous culture of earth itself, which always emphasized the nature's importance, the destruction of nature would be a severe crime, and will receive serious punishment. Western and their so-called modern culture are not built on the harmony between man and nature, it's about man above nature, and destroy nature for its own benefits, even the consequences of their action gonna be devastating, they will still do it, for the profit and "development". Western culture is more like an alien culture, highly possible inherited from some invasive creature from an already being destroyed planet, so they are by nature aggressive and disrespectful, and always think they are better than the indigenous earthling. The earth we were living in now will eventually be being destroyed by these evil power, and now they were already starting to look for another planet for them to destroy!!

[@spramodh21]

Ertonts Choros Scythians were very violent people, but we only hear about this from records by their neighbors. Also regarding "race", Scythians were probably a mix of East Iranic, Siberian-Uralic, Eastern European and Mongolic. But if you look at the Yamnaya culture, which were the early Indo-Europeans, and most close geographically to the Iranics and Slavs, they had "dark hair, dark eyes, and moderately light but still dark skin". This genetic component was likely dominant for most of the steppe based on proximity, and Scythians were probably mostly looking like this, with Eastern ones more like Turkics and Western ones with more Northern European looks. Europeans always think that "European DNA" implies looking like modern Europeans; its nothing like that at all.

[@phoroz1905]

Best way to debunk what Turks say about Scythians is to look at how other cultures (Greeks and Persians) depicted them as and described them as.

[@911Maci]

lol we hungarians are the true descendant of scythian people

[@911Maci]

no my friend huns mongols and turks are different Attila the Hun was called like that and not Attila the Turk for a reason

[@user-jh9nx6tl1n]

@Bilge Kül Kagan nope Turks Seljuks, Ottomans, Uyghurs and Gokturks are Turkic. Sychtians are not. We don't know anything about Huns but Asian Huns probably lived side by side with Turks and Mongols. We don't know if huns were Turkic or not but Sychtians are definitely not Turkic. I am a Turk btw.

[@user-jh9nx6tl1n]

@Bilge Kül Kagan Again Sychtiand are not turks.

[@user-jh9nx6tl1n]

@Bilge Kül Kagan source please.

[@SonofChrist77]

Blessed to be Iranian and have this much culture, history and heritage. Zendebad (long live) Eran and it’s people!

[@DarkKing009]

The step is the womb of nations.

[@johnmacqueen7781]

Aniu

[@ewg6200]

Step?

[@Tsumami__]

Nah that’s more specifically Anatolia

[@Tsumami__]

EWG Steppe*

[@FrankLucas-pw5hs]

Simply the centre Caucasian population throughout Eurasia

[@GrandAncientOak]

I am on a spiritual journey of sorts and I am truly realizing the value of studying how our ancestors lived. Learning this and meditating on it just fills you with joy and you feel very connected to these people. Thank you for this! 💛🧡

[@kathrinat9824]

Do you think they were your ancestors ?

[@GrandAncientOak]

@@kathrinat9824 I don’t know. I look at all ancient people as my ancestors, just like us, on a journey of their own but in the same boat that is humanity.

[@paulduffy4585]

Modern notions of national identity, origin myths and race have tainted our understanding of who we are - and where we come from.

[@paulduffy4585]

@@EresirThe1st nationalism is a modern notion, used by monarchies and oligarchies to tap into natural tribalism, as a means to control and govern large groups if people. Just like theism, is depends on Otherness, on instilling fear of other, or a false sense of superiority to degrade other. It totally distorts our understanding of history when we look at things through a prism of nation-state, which is a relatively recent invention.

[@paulduffy4585]

@@EresirThe1st you have no idea what I support, you little pompous blabber mouth.

[@paulduffy4585]

@@EresirThe1st right, there you go then. Oblivious projection. After starting your comment with aggressive, nonsensical name-calling. Go back to your computer game, I certainly don't have the time or the patience for your crap.

[@paulduffy4585]

@@EresirThe1st your projections are puerile and your worldview quintessentially adolescent - go get yourself a boyfriend, son. Like I said, I don't have time for your nonsense. You and your new boyfriend can then run around your parents' house, flapping your arms, pretending to be pointy-eared elves on birds, better than spouting ignorant, racist nonsense on KZbin.

[@paulduffy4585]

@Connor Ó Dubhlaoich the nation state is a modern notion, used by monarchies to centralize power and govern people like you.

[@decades1912]

I'm so glad that I finally found a good video on the Scythians!

[@theoutsider2638]

Check Robert Sepher's videos, about the Tribe of Dan. The lost tribe of Israel

[@theoutsider2638]

@Helena HezbanîYou're wrong. I do. Whites are the lost tribes, the choosen people. And that's my heritage.

[@greensword3880]

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[@atekin99]

lmao everyone is trying to claim the Scythians as their own ancestors.

[@jdlvtrn1]

given their geographic / central range that touched upon so many other areas, their mobility, power and wealth, a genetic influence is likely as well. When 23&Me included Mongol and East Asian in my smorgasbord, I was not surprised. Horse cultures traded human as well as animal genetics.

[@jdlvtrn1]

I think Herodotus wrote that Scythian women had to kill 3 enemy before they could marry, so I don't know if the women were just "victims" - they may have chosen their own mates in a more active manner. They scandalized the Greco-Romans, as did the Celts where women owned land, were judges, warriors, and kept their property in a divorce.

[@HoormazdKia]

Seriously. Its nuts. Hearing Europeans Turks and Iranians trying to claim them instead of looking at the commonalities that exist in all of them. Its kind of sad, really.

[@IronWarrior86]

Mostly Turkic peoples trying to take credit for Iranian history.

[@griffithmello9084]

+Robert Paulson the Turks lmao.

[@stannypk5k9]

I like your academic style and your articulation. I've gained so much new vocabulary just by listening to you. Keep the good work up! :)

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks my friend! Much more on the way :)

[@jackduffy1817]

The Irish writer, Yeats, Wrote of the Pictish Clane's, He wrote, Out of Iseath's whence they came, Sythians, Horse lords of the Steps.

[@johnmaclagan2263]

He lived in 1800's, his information is correct 1500 years after the "fact". I just don't buy the claim that the Sythian's went to Ireland and asked for land, the irish sent them to empty Caledonia - oh and they did'nt bring ladies with them

[@rexgoliath4032]

Jack Duffy Yes, quite true. The round burial barrow shown in video reminds me of Newgrange. The standing stones are also very similar to those found in the British Isles and Ireland. The Picts were noted warriors that were heavily tattooed. The Celtic people were noted horseman (and still are) and have been more focused on raising sheep and cows, pastoral activities, rather than being a sea faring people. I always thought that as odd for a people living on an island in the ocean. And the places in the world where the most red haired people are found are Ireland, Scotland, England, (the USA from people emigrating from there), and an area north of the Caspian Sea! So I believe there is a connection.

[@johnmaclagan2263]

@Seán English The book of invasions is interesting if you have another source to back it up since the archeology is not there. "Today scholars regard the Lebor Gabala Erenn as primarily myth rather than history". That is written on this Wikipedia link you sent me. People lived in Scotland before the Scots came and settled the West coast. I live in north east scotland where the DNA is different to that of the Scots who came from Ireland

[@Wowzersdude-k5c]

There's no chance the Scythians ever made it to Ireland. The similarities you see with the Celts is simply because of the fact the Celts came from the Steppes (as did all Indo-Europeans). The Scythians were merely the people "left" on the Steppes who never migrated. In other words the Celts and Scythians share a common ancestor (as do the Germans and Italics, etc).

[@vexion637]

You deserve much more subscribers, great work.

[@HistoryTime]

Thank you!

[@vali11d1]

Add text. Just speaking not clear enough!

[@tasbykekerey1203]

Greeting from Kazakhstan!

[@mehrdad5767]

Ok

[@ronyhosen2052]

Hi gog magog

[@junjungatbos3548]

They're must have been so many kinds of animals back then. Must've been so much of an awesome sight that they had to include it in their artwork so much.

[@BGeezy4sheezy]

It’s a sad part of modern life- we have so much less exposure to big wild animals. An encounter with one of them is the most natural kind of spirituality

[@tongzhao7578]

And one of them would never die. No matter the number of battles she fought in or the number of injuries inflicted upon her person by her enemies, nothing could stop breath from coursing through her lungs and warm blood from flowing through her still beating heart. She was the worlds first known immortal and she grew to view her unnatural existence as more of a curse than a blessing. In time her name would be passed down the generations to become legend to a world that had long since forgotten her, and her exploits were the tentpoles of modern myth. She has gone by many names in history, but we few enlightened individuals who have learned to read between the margins like to refer to her as Andromache the Scythian, the Eternal Warrior....

[@Benaddicted11trkfbal]

6:20 I believe the drawings on the rocks of the chariots where from and were carved by Indo-Aryans, or Indo-Europeans. Kind of where western civilization all started. Something like 70 percent of the worlds population speaks an indo european dialect.

[@Fieldwalker264]

Thank you, very informative, it tied together for me bits and pieces I've encountered over the years. The inclusion of the scenery to the narrative also helps.

[@HistoryTime]

Glad you liked it!

[@phdtobe]

According to Wikipedia, the Scythians mentioned by Herodotus were linguistically related to Iranian people, and likely descendants of the Proto Indo-European Yamna culture people, but that the Turks, Huns, and Mongols are from separate peoples who adopted a similar culture, which has been labeled as “Scythian culture”.

[@phdtobe]

eagle smart That’s why one needs to check the primary sources included in the footnotes.

[@lovelyartin]

@@phdtobe They were all Iranians! T-u-r-ks were in Mongolia! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ancient_Iranian_peoples

[@lovelyartin]

@@eaglesmart951 Learn basic history! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massagetae

[@eaglesmart951]

I know basic history You should learn basic history.

[@eaglesmart951]

Wikipedia is not relayeble source

[@exucaviera9084]

Some Scythian remains had mtDNA haplogroup U2e, which was once a common European haplogroup. Also found in some of the Tocharian mummies found in China. This is the maternal haplogroup which I carry but I am German on my mother's side.

[@TajAFG]

So that means Khorasan, today's Afghanistan is a go to country to dig deep into the DNA haplogroup of the various iranic and turkic-mongol population to understand and learn more about the Scythians.

[@bonchance9241]

the Scythians share much that is common to the Celts

[@amberann1229]

Bon Chance Picts too, maybe??

[@maskvarussie5615]

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[@kalinkalki]

Celts have been in Scythia , they came from there following a leader or group of leaders. However the rest of the tribes and their kingdoms have stayed there and are still there. The horse breeders and master goldsmiths they were also known as Thracians and the whole theory of coming from Asia should be reversed . Scythian tribes went to Asia. The oldest gold treasure in the world has been found in the Necropolis of Varna on the west seashore of the Black Sea. Tharcian and Scythian are the same people, horse breeders, master goldsmiths, same burying rituals and etc. They have been called many names but they did not call themselves Thracian, Scythian or Barbarian. It is the same with Greeks.They call themselves "eliniko", Armenians call themselves "hayer" and Thracians or Scythians had their own name or names. Celts inhabited Scythia Minor before their long journey to Ireland following Fir Bolg, according to some legends. Bolg is a name of ancient Thracian king of the Odrysian Kingdom. He was son of Koleda, another ancient legendary king who claimed to be son of Sun God. He was celebrated around the time of teh rising newborn Sun, in December. That is Christmas time in our days but they still call that Koleda in that land. There si a song that they still sing around that time " Bolg se rodi Koledo!" , which in translation "Bolg was born of Koleda".

[@toshirohitsugaya2391]

Why is it so hard to believe that two geographically close groups might influence each other, or even intermix from time to time? It's not like Celts were a single unified people, Gaels are a Celtic people, but so are the Celts from Iberia, or from present day Austria, similar culture and language, but may look totally different in physical appearance.

[@dsala2614]

THE ARTWORK AND BURIAL PRACTICES ARE SIMILAR TO CELTS & NORSE...DUE TO THE LACK OF "WRITTEN" / ORAL HISTORY WE WILL NEVER KNOW...

[@catherinehammond973]

The narrator's commentary was outstanding; great clarity and continuity. Thanks so much for this...

[@thebrocialist8300]

Anyone familiar with the Aryan theory of Indo-European cultural diffusion and population migration - before political considerations had it effectively purged from the Western academy - will understand the links between groups like the Scythians, ancient Iranians, and the vast expansion of culture-bearing warriors (possessing anatomical and genetic characteristics that correspond to those of Scandinavian and Germanic ancestry) that would disrupt (and eventually replace) the ideological and sociocultural paradigms that were established by agriculturalists who migrated to Europe [via the Mediterranean] back during the Neolithic.

[@juanbautistagonzalezalvare4366]

Exactly,the origin of the European people(Germans,kelts) is just a politic question,buried by a lot of academic, genetic and historic prejudices and disputes.

[@Whatsinmypocket]

You left out how scythians like to hotbox in small 4ft tipi

[@evershumor1302]

And how it made them weirdly very happy.

[@htoodoh5770]

@@evershumor1302 what?

[@evershumor1302]

@@htoodoh5770 Herodotus implied they where burning weed in small tents on hot stones. "The Scyths, delighted, shout for joy, and this vapour serves them instead of a waterbath." He explains how hemp is used to clean the body and that it makes them really happy.

[@htoodoh5770]

@@evershumor1302 Oh this guy talking about weed.

[@evershumor1302]

@@htoodoh5770 that's what I made of it.

[@INGUSCHIMAMAEBISILA]

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[@CornerTalker]

DNA analysis of the mummies would be enlightening.

[@christinevr7698]

Yes. Let's let the DNA tell the full story. Would be nice to know for sure instead of all this wild and far ranging speculation...

[@ericsalles3393]

CornerTalker apparently it's expensive

[@morningmidnight9398]

Ancient dna not current dna and definitely not mitochondrial dna since that is a maternal dna

[@FarFromEquilibrium]

@@LuisAldamiz mit DNA doesn't tell much because it's all over the place, as you can see. Y DNA tells the dominant elements of the society.

[@yg-dealer1816]

Dna results proved it. They were proto Turks.

[@zoetropo1]

Our dating system (BC/AD) was devised by Dionysius Exiguus, a Scythian monk.

[@GatalK-c2u]

The Ossetians, residing in the Caucasus Mountains, are considered the last remaining descendants of the ancient Scythians, Sarmatians, and Alans. They have successfully preserved their unique language, which belongs to the Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. Additionally, the Ossetians maintain their rich cultural heritage, including traditions and folk tales such as the Nart Epic, which recounts the legendary deeds of heroes and reflects their historical legacy. The Ossetians refer to themselves as 'Iron,' a term that translates to 'Aryan' or 'noble.' This designation reflects their historical identity and connection to the ancient Scythian people.

[@aliengalaxy6096]

Hungarian old chronicles said "Hungarians came from Scythia." Also contemporary documents call Attila the Hun is the king of the Scythian.

[@mukhumor]

The Yamna culture, spoke proto Indo European (PIE) were the first to domesticate horses and make chariots. The first to have professional warriors. Riding a chariot into battle took full time training.The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World Reprint by David W. Anthony

[@harrietlyall1991]

Two interesting facts about the name “Scythian”: 1 the term “Ashkenazi” denoting Jews of the Eastern Diaspora, is an ancient Hebrew word applied to Eastern Europe and derives from the word “Scythian”. 2 the Declaration of Arbroath, a letter written by Scottish nobles on behalf of King Robert the Bruce, to the Pope in about 1320, has a lengthy preamble regarding the origins of the Scottish nation which implies that the Scots derived from Scythia and that the name “Scot” was the same name as “Scythian”.

[@hannibalbarca2928]

Harriet Lyall Askhenazi not jews.Askhenazi jewish Turkic people

[@peterscrafton9106]

Absolutely lovely! I have had the privilege of seeing some of these artefacts, particularly in the National Museum in Sofia. They are absolutely breathtaking; and I spent so much time admiring them that my guide ran out of time to show me round the whole museum. There is so much for Westerners to learn, particularly from the distant past. A visit, for example, to the Monastery of St Cosmo and St Damian near Plovdiv, in Bulgaria would show just how many civilisations have been and gone before us, leaving behind their art and so much evidence of their talents. Please keep this up. If I were to find one minor fault (as any critic should) it would be that while the narration is clearly in English, the written introduction is in American which, to some of us on the eastern side of the Atlantic, is a bit of a shame. Rant over!

[@magorhunor4929]

You should pay a visit to Budapest, Hungary, you can visit the Hungarian National Museum, there are many Scythian artefacts. Btw, yet, officially 4 golden stags were found, out of these four two found in Hungary. If anybody has questions about the Scythian-Hun-Hungarian continuity... And yes, Bulgarians are also descendants of the Scythians.

[@albenael2519]

@@magorhunor4929 👌 exactly

[@2394Joseph]

The Scythians, Barbarians and the Saka, are some of the names given to the tribes that travelled west from Assyria via the Caucuses (some went in the other direction and ended up in Russia). They were the first people to occupy what is known today as Western Europe (Sharon Turner, the History of the Anglo Saxons). They were white - that is where the name "Caucasian" originated from. They are also the people who eventually defeated the Roman Empire and sacked Rome. Have a close look at 4:14 and you will see that they were Saxons. By the artwork they left behiind, you can also see that they were clever people. Sharon Turner tracked them back to a particular city in Assyria, although they were not Assyrian.

[@SunilKumar-pu7me]

This video is so beautiful I have seen it more than 10 times. And maybe I will see it more.

[@phdtobe]

The ‘c’ in ‘Scythians’ is supposed to be a hard ‘c’ sound: “sKith-...”.

[@ryangordon3562]

Very informative with a strong, well-written narrative. You've impressed a fellow history buff. Kudos

[@kimmcroberts9765]

The naration in these is superb.it ruins me for other channels.I am very grateful.

[@peykanjavanan2226]

In ancient Iranian books, tablets and inscriptions were written about Scythians, but the Turks did not know who are Scythians before the Pan-turkism organization and their lies

[@iwantkebabinmypizza5305]

xd have 40m turk in ıran and you say we do propaganda you claimed a lot turkic empires but we are propagandian you must do aryan propaganda :D ıf you look culture clothing hair style life style food culture and genetic you can see turkic but only have some word in ıranian language you can say scytians indo eu but for examle SARI AK OS sarı=yellow ak=hair turkic word and do you know alp er tunga -tomris this legends write turkic books :)

[@peykanjavanan2226]

@@iwantkebabinmypizza5305 Hahaha 40 millions turk? Lamo Why did not you say 700 millions or 1 billion We claim your History XD? I see who claim our, heros, Poet, Scientists,myths, empires, musical instruments ,even foods History of Iran except the Iranians were written by Chinese,Greeks, Romans, Indians, even by the Arab Muslims the history of the Turks is full lies, propaganda and stolen things , even the Turks have made a fantasy land for themselves called Turan, *which is an Iranian myth*

[@iwantkebabinmypizza5305]

afdsfgsdgg our history write chiineese parchment and greek roman books ı think you dont know anythink abaut turks xd we never record history if you dont believe you can read jean paul raux books iran history building on propaganda how can you say scytians iranic because you have indu eu language they dont care turkic genetic :D what do you think abaut seljuks safavids kharazems gaznevids ilkhanate we have been there for years you must read book you say ''In ancient Iranian books, tablets and inscriptions were written about Scythians'' but our history we wrote xd dont make propaganda

[@peykanjavanan2226]

@@iwantkebabinmypizza5305 Bullshit Safavids were turkic!? Just tell me about Father of Shah Ismaeil and Shikh Safeiedin The History of Iran,Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, Greece, India, Mexico, Inca, Rome, are valid History no one cares about the history of the Turks, it's just a bunch of Propagandas and lies twenty centuries before the history of the Turks begins, Iranians In central Asia and western China, had empires, kingdoms and civilizations; still the oldest central Asian cities are Iranian made cities, such as Samarkand and Bukhara, *Turks did not create any city, but claims the oldest civilization of the world "Sumer "*

[@iwantkebabinmypizza5305]

@@peykanjavanan2226 you are so funny you dont know anythinkg abaut turkish history our history writing byztanium empire chineese parchment roma empire kievan rus turks never record history stupid

[@Storolf]

Calling the Scythians the "forebears of...the huns, the turks, and the mongols" is quite a dubious thing to say. The Scythians were an indo-european people! You should really correct this!

[@paulpasche7853]

And the origins of the Hun is unknown, so you can not say that they were not decended from the Sythians.

[@BroadwayRonMexico]

@@HunPride The Sarmatians and Alans were Scythians, and what's attested to of their language is very close to (as in still intelligible to) modern Ossetian (which is undeniably an Iranian IE language)

[@bigjavo36]

He means they were the first to adopt that classical steppe nomad horde life style and style of warfare. Not in language or culture.

[@sabrik3885]

I agree that Scythians were an Indo-European people who spoke an Iranic language. But to be fair, the similarities between Scythian and Turkic nomadic way of life and warfare is undeniable. Also not only do Turkic people today occupy the exact same geographic area as the Scythians did but they also have large amounts of West Eurasian (European) genes. In some areas Turkic people look like a mix between Northern European and Asian. Also the Huns and other Turkic people enter the scene just as the Scythians ceased to be mentioned in history. So I don't think that our is inconceivable that there was a period when the Turks gradually came in from the east of the Altai and absorbed and assimilated the Scythians and continued from where they dropped off.

[@hannibalbarca2928]

@@paulpasche7853 Hunnic is Turkic Confederation.stop propaganda ! Hunnic Empire was the empire of the Huns. The Huns were a confederation of Eurasian tribes, especially Turkic ones, from the Steppes of Central Asia. www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Hunnic_Empire

[@DerekOfRivia]

PETER THE GREAT ! Shout out that man for saving history

[@peyoteranchuk741]

Did you see their exhibition at the BM by any chance ;-) I was amazed by the quality of the various carpets and other textile objects that survived

[@HistoryTime]

You know it. Incredible exhibition!

[@CirosKhan]

I went there, but turned out you had to pay.

[@daveashfaf8115]

History Time I saw the thumbnail and automatically thought "This guy went to the exhibition too" absolute lad for spreading the knowledge the exhibition.

[@jeaniedelgado687]

The art is beautiful!

[@jaystennett2658]

Thank you for your knowledge on the subject and time taken to make the video.

[@Arianiuss]

They were Iranian people like Sarmatians, Alans, Medes, Persians etc.

[@Bigotdweller]

yes. refreshing with true facts

[@hannibalbarca2928]

It is written by the Byzantine sources that they call the Turks Scythian. When presenting the Gokturk Emperor's letter to the Zemarkos Byzantine Emperor, he said:"Today, the nation we call Turk, formerly called SCYTHİAN. This letter was written with the letters SCYTHİAN." (28) SOURCE = (28) - Edounard Chavannes, Documents sur les Tou-kiue Occidentaux, Paris, sf.235,240,237,238

Scythians were not iranian or indo-european. First of all scythians' religion, culture and life style is nothing to do with iran or europan. They are steppe nomads and living like tatars not iranians. Iranians have never been in that region. In 568 AD Göktürk Khaganate's ruler Ilteris Khagan sended a letter to Eastern Roman emperor II. Justinos with a Sogdian envoy named Maniach. When Sogdian presented letter to II. Justinos he said letter written in Scythian language. There are too many examples like this. 15th and 16th century European historians frequently declared that Turks and Tatars are descendants of Scythians. Not cultural nor lingual Scythians nothing to do with Iranians or Slavs. These are unfounded claims.

[@MegaBaddog]

@Ken Penalosa arabs were resettled there by Justinian 2 during deal made by ummayad caliph marwan

[@MegaBaddog]

@ their languge was indo european you douce

[@ExpensiveGun]

I thought Scythians were Indo-European/Aryan. They even spoke an Iranian language.

[@sajjadbehrad4655]

Because forty persent of iranians people are turks such as azeries, qashqaeis, turkmens ... And shahseven nomads in moghan still live nomadic like other turco-mongolic people in schytians realm and in this areas you can find "kurgan"

[@IronWarrior86]

The Iranian Azeris, Qashqaeis and Turkmens count as Iranian because they live in Iran. Their ethnicity is not Iranian. They are not originally of Iranic descent. They probably have Iranic admixture.

[@IronWarrior86]

The Iranic Groups are Lurs, Bakhtiari, Pars, Kurds, Baloch, Gilaks, Mazanderanis, Ossetians, Pashtu and more.

[@stefanodogg280]

Scythians were the so called "lost tribes of Israel" and were white men kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZrVn4ubep2Xr6s

[@bioast]

Iron Warrior Azeris are different their language change in 4 hundred years ago they used to speak in Old Azeri language an north western iranian language for more info read Ahmad kasravi Tabrizi's books about it

[@mikesadlier7961]

Excellent! Brings home the fact that cultural change is constant and irresistable.

[@cengizhanaydn4990]

Scythians are originally Turkic people.His emperor Tomyris Khatun(woman) and Alper Tunga are Turkhis names.Also we have poem about them.

[@lightshedd986]

Tomyris (/ˈtoʊmɪrɪs/; from Eastern Iranian: Tahmirih"Brave"),[1] also called Thomyris, Tomris, Tomiride, or Queen Tomiri, was a Massagetean ruler who reigned over the Massagetae, an Iranian people from Scythian pastoral-nomadic confederation of Central Asia east of the Caspian Sea en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomyris

[@BrixSG]

Scythians was indo_europian

[@emrebayram1778]

I think Scythians (East) was turkic confederation just like hunnic empire. They were lifestyle is very close

[@lovelyartin]

They were all Iranians

[@TheCatsMeoooow]

The Scythians were Iranic people but later mixed with Turks or lived with Turks I should say.

[@kilojuliet6889]

Scythians/ Sarmatians were Iranian. The closest people we have today are the Ossetians and others maybe pashtuns ect.

[@ariovist3420]

No

[@ducoo6212]

N O . Ossetians and all other groups living under Russian rule or next to it were russificated and slaviziced in the last couple of centuries! They slavs overtook the language from the original group and survived them. People of today especially on Russian land are NOT related with the ancient world. its is genetically proofed.

[@therealsemites]

Scythians were black Nubian hebrews.

[@marcinstanczyk2552]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2mZnWingcmtra8

[@Roman-kk1ic]

Scythians were not Persians. Persians were settlers, Scythians were nomads, they used to fight each other, for example Kyr II and princess Tomiris, looked like Persians had no idea who they messing with.

[@madshagen5849]

I´ve just discovered this channel and the quality in production and historiographical accuracy is awesome! You easily peer other similar channels on KZbin. Thumps up, way up, and keep up the good work!

[@HistoryTime]

Mads Hagen Thanks buddy. Tons more on the way :)

[@johncoleridge3913]

10:18 Glad to know about my ancestors , my community is a Descandants of Indo-Scythians.

[@hersekdin]

„Skitati“ in yugoslav language means „to wander around“ or „to drift around“

[@claytonplunk8709]

From Wikipedia Early physical analyses have unanimously concluded that the Scythians, even those in the east (e.g. the Pazyryk region), possessed predominantly "Europid" features, although mixed 'Euro-mongoloid" phenotypes also occur, depending on site and period.[113] In artworks, the Scythians are portrayed exhibiting European traits.[114] In Histories, the 5th-century Greek historian Herodotus describes the Budini of Scythia as red-haired and grey-eyed.[114] In the 5th century BC, Greek physician Hippocrates argued that the Scythians have purron (ruddy) skin.[114][115] In the 3rd century BC, the Greek poet Callimachus described the Arismapes (Arimaspi) of Scythia as fair-haired.[114][116] The 2nd century BC Han Chinese envoy Zhang Qian described the Sai (Saka) as having yellow (probably meaning hazel or green), and blue eyes.[114] In Natural History, the 1st century AD Roman author Pliny the Elder characterises the Seres, sometimes identified as Iranians or Tocharians, as red-haired and blue-eyed.[114][117] In the late 2nd century AD, the Christian theologian Clement of Alexandria says that the Scythians were fair-haired.[114][118] The 2nd century Greek philosopher Polemon includes the Scythians among the northern peoples characterised by red hair and blue-grey eyes.[114] In the late 2nd or early 3rd century AD, the Greek physician Galen declares that Sarmatians, Scythians and other northern peoples have reddish hair.[114][119] The fourth-century Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus wrote that the Alans, a people closely related to the Scythians, were tall, blond and light-eyed.[120] The 4th century bishop of Nyssa Gregory of Nyssa wrote that the Scythians were fair skinned and blond haired.[121] The 5th-century physician Adamantius, who often follow Polemon, describes the Scythians are fair-haired.[114][122] It is possible that the later physical descriptions by Adamantius and Gregory of Scythians refer to East Germanic tribes, as the latter were frequently referred to as "Scythians" in Roman sources at that time.

[@taled8320]

Clayton Plunk these references are mostly referring to those western Scythians living in or near Europe - “Scythians” - which was just a catch all term for any nomadic people living beyond the frontiers of Greek or Roman civilisation. Western “Scythians” either were, or were heavily mixed with, the indigenous Slavic and Caucasian population. They also had some east Eurasian admixture.

[@blastroisehunt6546]

We know so much about dinosaurs but don’t know our own people from Bc era. And I think they were mongoloid not white.

[@blastroisehunt6546]

Russian tsar according to him they were white in 17th century. Lol when Russian conquest took all their land. Just like Spaniard and other Europeans did to native population of the north and South America at the time. You have to understand these huns or other steppes people did not come from Mongolia or around China. These were the local people that already pre existed in these lands and are the natives inhabitants. The mongoloid people were excellent hunter and gatherers and during that period they have manage to immigrate /thrive around most part of the world. Except Europe. Arabian peninsula. Africa. Look at them living in frozen tundra, Mountain peak of Himalayas, isolated islands of Pacific, dense forest of South America. I am not even arguing lol. These people adapted in extreme environments/nature’s condition and climate and not to mention in vast steppe.They are crafty mtfkers and populated most of the old world. They also domesticated the horses. Not white people aka ‘scythians’ and also Buddha is not ‘aryan’. Why do people do this. Lmaaooo just stop.

[@blastroisehunt6546]

@hollow proto indo/aryans = Aryans/Iranians were brown Arab-Turkic before Alexander. after alexander/seleucid empire. further assimilation in the empire inherited Hellenistic gene/white. thus making them indo-aryan-european. original inhabitant of India is not 'Aryan/iranians' but Mongoloids.

[@blastroisehunt6546]

@hollow why tell me

[@stephenmichalski2643]

Don't get better than this novel coverage of a story of a people largely unknown

[@darkoneforce2]

Scythians were a mixture of mostly steppe people (yamnaya and srubnaya/sinthasha) and north siberan/east asian people. There's a cline from the west (more steppe european) to east (higher degrees of siberian/east asian ancestry, some even half).

[@DaDunge]

That is very likely but the origin of the culture and the empire lay in regions that were at the time ruled by iranian speaking nomads. Both greek and persian sources note the scythians as speaking iranian as their primary language.

[@Ouzconqueror]

@@DaDunge And we all talking English as main wtf is your point ? like even Seljuck Turk who % 101 Turks was using persian in goverment work 900 to 1300 almost all Turks used persians language on art poems tho....Like Safevids was using TURKİSH..İran ruled by Turkic kingdoom last over 1000 year..Half of population is Azerbajian oghuz Turk today..YET its not enough you call all Modern iran Turkish ? SO you have to check more stuff thn language..How thye bury death,what they wear, where they live where, they come..Even bury of death enough..Kurgans is Turkich culture...

[@DaDunge]

@@Ouzconqueror why would you call modern day iran Turkish what you would do is call those Turkish states Iranian. And there just happen to be a concept called turkoiranian that describes exactly that situation.

[@fanzy1338]

Mehmet Han Safavid were Iranian not Turk. Azarbaijan are ethnically and racially Iranic peoples not Turk.

[@fanzy1338]

prince naseem Safavids being of Iranian origin is well documented. In fact Turks (Ottoman)were their biggest enemy and they were in constant war with each other however Safavids didn’t allow an inch of their Iranian land to be taken by the invading Ottomans. Although Safavids sacrificed thousands of lives in fighting against the Turks but they managed not to lose an inch of their land unlike the incompetent Qajar dynasty who lost the entire Caucuses to the Russians. There are ample evidence and numerous sources available about Safavid’s Iranian origin. You can find them in any library but for simplicity you can start by Wiki: “The Safavid dynasty had its origin in the Safavid order of Sufism, which was established in the city of Ardabil in the Iranian Azerbaijan region. It was an Iranian dynasty of Kurdish origin,[3]”. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safavid_dynasty

[@jeffbell2668]

Fasanating thanks for the post. And we should thank Peter the great for perserving what he could.

[@martialkintu2035]

I'm glad I found this channel.

[@kunalrao2134]

Scythians were called Sakas in India... they were heavily influenced by them.

[@lovelyartin]

They were Iranians and we have them in Shahnameh! and other old texts in Iran!

[@FirstLast-hz8ut]

Yes the Saka’s invaded India. One group of Sakas are called Kambojas which I have ancestry from.

[@frankandree62]

Well Done. I look forward to future content.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks mate! So much more on the way ! And soon!

[@johnnewby2043]

Excellent video and audio presentation thank you

[@Bayou987]

Fantastic. Thanks

[@agoodone792]

Everything I’ve read indicates the Scythians were Indo-Iranian tribesmen, not Turkic or Mongol as this video suggests.

[@dionisiodussart5629]

It's a british obsession, to call turkish or mongolian whoever is not british. Scythians, descendents of Sintashta Culture, were even better than the Yamnayas. Nothing is more intensely IE than the scythians.

[@Argentarius11]

Fascinating!!! Well done. This will be a new thing to research.

[@HoryTB]

First of all it's just brilliant someone thinks of the Scythians! The whole world seems to forget about them although they were the strongest territory holders of their time: beating Darius I., Alexander the great... Also their close 'relatives' the Parthians beat the Roman empire. Now... Firstly The artifacts are not animal-monster fights but 'zodiac' illustrations either for status description of/between people or descriptions of ages how they move and take shape in the future - i.e. now. Secondly You will find the same style in Hun and Hungarian artifacts and folklore - so the question is: when did the Scythians disappear is inappropriate. The (not entirely) right question would be: where/who are the Scythians now? Scythians, Huns, Hungarians are all tribe associations/federations. Thanks for creating the video and thanks for reading.

[@FatmaDemir-mq9nc]

Schytians and Uralo-Altaics have same origin.

[@HoryTB]

@@FatmaDemir-mq9nc What if they were the same? That whole, and even more, territory was once 'Scythia' with a dynamic (from West to East and from East to West pulsing) and likely a static part (those settled in places or got outside, North and/or South, of the main stream). It is quite complex and the modern 'science' doesn't help to figure it out 'cos it's all about taking everything apart instead of connecting things belong together (in any way).

[@HoryTB]

@sergen uyar Now that would be interesting as every historian source states Scythians being older than Sarmatians... I still stick with that they all were pretty much the same - don't think static; think dynamic.

[@alperenoz1863]

@@HoryTB When did Scythians win against Alexander? Only war I know is Battle of Jaxartes which resolved as a Macedon victory.

[@immortal5563]

Among the Hungarians there's a tribe named yascz. Their name is close to osset or ossetians. They are eastern Iranian people. Close relatives of yaghnabis, kalash, and pamiris Cousins of persians and parthians.

[@chingizzhylkybayev8575]

There is summer in Siberia, you know. You describe it as if though ALL of it was beyond the arctic circle. Most if it doesn't even have permafrost.

[@sodinc]

Typical westerners)

[@HistoryTime]

Nope I just describe its northern expanse as frosted all year round. Which it is. The Scythian mummies wouldn't have survived if they weren't kept frozen all year round.

[@sodinc]

we just want to say you that between steppes, where nomad people live, and tundra, where permafrost exists is someting near 1000 km some bodies were kept frozen, but due to high mountains, not high north

[@liamleonard9120]

Great video man, I heard about these people from the game civilization 6. That game has introduced me to so many ancient cultures I didn’t even know existed.

[@yg-dealer1816]

The combination of linguistic and DNA Genealogy data indicates that the aboriginal Europeans, the Y Chromosome haplogroup I people were the Proto-Indo-Europeans and the Proto-Slavic speakers. In contact with newcomers of other language groups mixing took place. Either the newcomers were absorbed into the autochthonous Proto-Slavic community, or the native Proto-Slavic population was so effected by the immigrants that they lost their Slavic identity and formed a language, which remained Indo-European but no longer recognizable as specifically Slavic. The Kurgan Theory and the Pontic Steppe Theory of the Indo-European origin failed completely. Prior to the intrusion of the Y-Chromosome haplogroup R1b people, there was existing all over the Europe a Slavic substratum, which subsequently lost its Slavicity, but turned the Y Chromosome haplogroup R1b people from Altaic (Turkic) into the West-European Indo-European, which subsequently developed into Celtic resp. Basque. The original Proto-Indo-Europeans were Proto-Slavic, a people with haplogroup I, who lived in Europe and the Middle East and turned the Germanic-Oghur R1a people into Proto-Slavic. The Slavic languages are not derived from a Balto-Slavic language, but Baltic languages were created by the intermingling of northern Slavs with the Ogri (N1a people) which came from the Urals 2,500 to 3,000 years ago. Germanic people were living in the Far East as close relatives of the nomadic Türks. Especially since there are similarities between German and Korean (Lie, 1991), as well as between Germanic and Chinese, where both of them are Kentum (Chang, 1988), and this indicates strongly that the ancestors of Germanic people were living in Far East and formed there the state of China. There persists the open question not only as to the degree to which Chinese was influenced by Germanic, which was studied by Chang (1988), but also as to the degree to which the Germanic was influenced by Korean, Chinese, and other Oriental languages. [Yet another question raised is: whether instead of Indo-Germanic some other designation such as Sino-Germanic would be more targeting and precise, Perdih & Jandaček (2012)] International Journal of Social Science Studies: Vol 6, No 1 (2018) redfame.com/journal/index.php/... . DOI: doi.org/10.11114/ijsss.v6i1.2809 . Another Slavic (Russian) scientist, DNA specialist Anatoliy Klyosov: “Since the basic haplotype is the same, it shows that the Tatars, despite their tiny population now, originate from the oldest ancestor of the haplotypes R1a1 in north-west Asia. This is not a “Indo-European” common ancestor, and he did not come from the west, from Europe. He migrated from the east, from South Siberia, apparently from the Altay lands. Therefore, the Altaix language family, the Turkic group. R1a1, arriving in Europe, created (or adopted) the Indo-European, and the native languages ​​in Southern Siberia were Altaic. Therefore, R1b1, of the same origin, originally was also proto-Turkic (Klyosov, 2010). [...] Thus, the haplogroup R1a1 spread throughout the world in the form of an ancient variant from Southern Siberia, an “age” between 21 thousand and 7 thousand years, and a more recent “Indo-European” version, approximately 5 thousand years or less... ”. A. Klyosov: Russian Academy of DNA Genealogy. Vol 3, No 6, 2010. dna-academy.ru/wp-content/uplo... ______________________________ PCP SCIENTIFIC NEWS - Prof. Emeritus Mario Alinei | 07/12/2009 ".. overwhelming linguistic evidence, among which most important is the spread of exclusively Turkic loanword related to horse terminology in all languages of Eastern Europe, both Indo-European and Uralic, shows that horse domestication is a fundamental Turkic innovation. It is no accident that the Botai culture is a khazak culture, belonging to the Turkic-speaking area, and not to the IE-, or Uralic-speaking one! Myths and dogmas are hard to die! (M.A.)" According to V. Pisani (1974, 14) "Proto-Sanskrit was the language of a ruling class, which was composed of Türkic-speaking riders of the southern Russian steppe and priests of Caucasian origin." _____________________ Turkic & Burushaski: journal.fi/store/article/view... Altaic & Dravidian cogprints.org/5452/1/SC-Cog.pdf www.linguist.univ-paris-didero... Some_thoughts_on_Dravidian-Turkic-Sanskrit_lexical_comparisons [...] a form of Altaic, the ancient central Asiatic language that is the basis of Turkish, was the dominant language of the Indian subcontinent prior to the introduction of the Indo-European Sanskrit. Apparently, the subsequently evolving Sanskritic (Indo-Iranian) languages largely supplanted the pre-existing Altaic form in the northern and central parts of the sub-continent; [...] . THEY WERE PROTO TURKS !

[@arman_1024]

haha, you're not very smart, are you? none of this proves that the Scythians were Turks; however, it does prove that the Turks of Central Asia have been heavily influenced by Indo-Iranians. The Central Asian Turks are related to the Scythians through cultural mixing, but that doesn't mean that the ancient Scythians were Turks. These studies simply prove that Turkic people in Central Asia aren't really that Turkic.

[@Jattmafia313]

There was an Indo-Scythian kingdom, and their descendants are known today as Jats. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Scythians

[@frostassassin7265]

Jats aren't their only descendants... Many North Indian groups have some level of Scythian heritage. Jatts are just highly endogenous, making them very steppe shifted.

[@ChromeMan04]

Wtf? Jats are Dravidian shudras

[@hannibalbarca2928]

wikipedia is iranian propaganda site. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_reliable_source

[@CSZeraphyr]

Yes.

[@maugustyniak]

Proto-slavs. Blonde or Read-headed and blue-eyed. Same for the Sarmatians.

[@nickolaymiltenov]

That means thracians, fool.

[@nickolaymiltenov]

@Random Person Sorry, random person is much more reliable. Hahahaha.

[@nickolaymiltenov]

@Random Person Disappear clown. You are pathetic.

[@idresshinwari4763]

Nyah Notrealname You are kinda right. But then those Slavs mixed with central Asian and middle eastern populations, that’s why modern day Pashtuns (decndents of Scythians) look way they are.

[@nickolaymiltenov]

@Griffith Taka Kelts as all other Europeans originate from thracians. Maybe they are most close to them and most unaltered.

[@Iamawandererthatiam]

Dialect homogeneity (and language in general) is still fiercely debated. To my knowledge the only scythian we have is in names-not enough to reconstruct or cross-reference. You could have talked more about Herodotus's /observational/ tidbits: They didn't water down the wine concentrate like the Greeks. They held elaborate burial ceremonies for chiefs, stuffing them with herbs and parading them for days. They also got high in teepee-like tents and cultivated cannabis! Worth mentioning is that the Persians/Medes descended from similar horse-archer peoples.

[@Iamawandererthatiam]

I hope this didn't come off too critical. I loved this video, and I enjoy the others as well!

[@attilakovacs1415]

Sumerian-Akkadian- Scythian-Hungarian ........

[@odin7651]

Scythians is a Greek umbrella term for people of various ethnic backgrounds. This had been already attested in ancient sources (Strabo). But we know now that they were Indogermanen or people of other origins who at one time or another were conquered by Indogermanen, who then installed their dynasties and ruling elites. With a passage of time these elites blended with the locals. Iskuzai or Askuzai has the same ethymology as Aesir - germanic gods. Herodotus distinguished Royal Scythians from Nomads. He also says the Scythians called Apollo as Goetosyrus. Gautatyr is one of the names of Odin

[@idresshinwari4763]

Scythians were people who spoke Eastern Iranian languages. Pashto is the largest living eastern iranian language, so Scythians are most likely the ancestors of modern day Pashtuns.

[@arghunpride5704]

Not all scythian tribes, but some of them could be the ancestors of pashtuns.

[@steveclark5357]

the voice sounds like a young Ewan Mcgregor, I like, subbed, great voice

[@nightlord8814]

steve clark so Star Wars his voice.

[@freespeechordeath7826]

steve clark your not alone in your thinking. I've been trolling the comments looking to see if I was the only one.

[@twatmang1]

This guy is from the north of England - Yorkshire, I think - Ewan is Scottish. Very different.

[@iLLeag7e]

@Paul Murray It's not so much his accent that reminds me of McGregor but his voice itself. Same tone or pitch or whatever

[@Deathwing2001]

I instantly thought he sounds like a young Obi Wan Kenobi when I heard his voice. Lol

[@Ananaspomidorka]

Nice one! I enjoy your channel, good quality, story, pictures and narrative! Pls don't stop!

[@bjrnrichter4414]

A very bad program. The Scythian's were not mongol Turks or Hun. The Scythian's were an Indo- European people or peoples closely related to Iranian with a similar language you can see that on the figures as well they have full beards fx which is very uncommon among mongoloid people, there have also been found perma frost mummy's in what is modern day China with blond hair Their culture was also very close related to Germanic people and the Roman historians often had problems telling whether a tribe they encountered was Germanic or Scythian en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythians

[@bjrnrichter4414]

Turcoid,mongol people first came after christ

[@bjrnrichter4414]

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[@bjrnrichter4414]

It more or less says that Europeans were living far into asia before the time of Christ' and Huns first appear west of Ural around 350 AD

[@bjrnrichter4414]

By the way this thing your show me is made by a Jew and does not use proper terms but call them Western Eurasian, what is that? must be European

[@bjrnrichter4414]

Sarmathian another Iranian tribe If you star in Turkey you will see people looking relatively European except some of them have narrow eyes, if you Turkmen in Iran they much more mongoloid if you move further east to Khazakestan they are more or less mongol same goes for uiger If you talk about the Huns there is evidence that they were heavily mixed maybe even predominantly European but with a Turkoid language so the Huns even though they spoke a Turkoid ,anguage can not have been close related genetically to other Turkish speakers

[@hannibalbarca2928]

It is written by the Byzantine sources that they call the Turks Scythian. When presenting the Gokturk Emperor's letter to the Zemarkos Byzantine Emperor, he said:"Today, the nation we call Turk, formerly called SCYTHİAN. This letter was written with the letters SCYTHİAN." (28) SOURCE = (28) - Edounard Chavannes, Documents sur les Tou-kiue Occidentaux, Paris, sf.235,240,237,238

[@lorincszabo2452]

The paternal bloodline of Árpád has now been published 4,500 years ago in Bactria, today's Afghanistan.

[@anotherhistoryenthusiast5874]

Romans called every nomad Scythian.

[@hannibalbarca2928]

@@anotherhistoryenthusiast5874 So did the Oxford source of heredot source also mislead? copied Heredot source copied Herodotus referred Targitas (484 - 425 BCE), the first king of the Scythians, to the Turks, Pomponius Mela refers the Turcae in the forests north of the Sea of Azov, Pliny the Elder refers the Tyrcae to the people of the same area, Turks. Here is the reference of Targitas, Turcae, Tyrcae: books.google.com.tr/books?id=c1ZsBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA837&dq=reference+to+Targitas&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA2vHdgN7VAhWF1xoKHcXAApsQ6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q=reference%20to%20Targitas&f=false

[@Amadeu.Macedo]

Fascinating, "History Time". Thanks for this illuminating upload!

[@panatypical]

My Cats know all about this kind of stuff. They're from the underworld....

[@garychynne1377]

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[@xdd4822]

you're in? i'm in

[@crysty200718]

This guy speaking is a great story teller!

[@ehsanta9858]

Scythian were one of the Aryan Iranian groups like Persian Median and Parthian..

[@kkjj6325]

Fail.

[@پارساصدیق-خ4س]

True

[@arsalanshaikh3763]

Wow Sir May God Bless u for such great information... i live in India the scythians were many tribes nomads one among them ruled the punjab,sindh and vast lands in modern day Islamic Republic of Pakistan and India... The Kushans .. they defeated the greco bactrian empire that existed here ... in Pakistan and Afghanistan The Greeks and Kushans contributed a lot to the DNA of that region imy ancestors were from the Sindh State in Pakistan present day ... the Kushans were some say Zoroastrians but when they came to the Sub continent they adopted buddhism and gathered the largest buddhist conference in history in Kashmir ... and due to the Silk route this buddhism was traded from India to China to Even Persia ... as Mani said that Buddha and Jesus are the 2 among the 3 saviours that Prophet Zardasht or Zoroaster as u all call him in the west promised us we the Aaryians .. thank u very much for this knowledge... The Prophet of Islam Peace be on him said .. the knowledge u spread is eventually gonna help u on the day of judgement . Thank u again Sir love and Peace..