I never thought the history of the Schythians was so interesting. Before watching this video I thought that they were only at the pontic steppe and just raided south. Keep up the good work man!
@JWBBows
Жыл бұрын
This is great! Thank you for taking the time to make this. The Scythians are such a mystery. It’s great to get a better picture painted in a digestible form of them.
@boringoldhistory
Жыл бұрын
You're welcome. It takes lot of time and energy to create videos like this. And when people like you take your time to appreciate the work, it really makes me feel that all those hours hasn't gone wasted. I really appreciate that...
@muhammadadeel8639
Жыл бұрын
@@boringoldhistory Do you think there is truth to the claims that many scythians migrated northwards into baltics and Scandinavia in particular, when they were being pushed out from Steppes by eastern Nomads.
@StoicHistorian
Жыл бұрын
Another excellent video!
@boringoldhistory
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for being here....
@ramtin5152
11 ай бұрын
@@boringoldhistory This is going to be a long comment Unfortunately Herodotus writings overshadows the Achaemenid sources The information these Achaemenid sources provide us are the opposite of what Herodotus claims Sometimes small details can give us a lot of information I'm analysing based on all sources during the reign of the Achaemeinids The Achaemeinid ones included For example take a look at their inscriptions The ones made by Darius and Xerxes Unlike what Herodotus says, according to Darius inscriptions and the carvings on the entrances of his and Xerxes tombs, his Scythian campaign in Europe was successful since he chased them away from his borders, burned a Scythian city which was one of the tribes capital and conquered parts of their lands which is north of the black sea Plus an Achaemenid inscription and a fort were found there and if I'm not mistaken and remember correctly, the inscription was about a Persian victory over the Ionian Greeks As if it was sent there to inform a satrap There are Scythians who are referred to as Overseas Saka on those carvings and they're among the people under the Achaemenid rule It's the Scythians north of the black sea which as you can see on many Achaemeinid maps, it's part of their empire So between the sources of the Achaemeinids which were recorded during the reign of the king who fought them and a biased Greek who was writing all of these decades after those kings death and had something against the Persians, i'm gonna trust the Achaemeinids on this one There are evidence of Scythian people being conquered by the Achaemeinids in Persian inscriptions and carvings as i mentioned In the inscriptions they are named as : 1-Saka Haumavarga 2-Saka Tigraxaudā 3-Oversea/Beyond the sea Saka The last one clearly means the Scythians in Europe if you just take a look at the maps There are also Scythian subjects in Persepolis carvings who are offering gifts to the king of kings The ones with pointy hats Achaemeinids didn't even try to conquer all of Scythian lands nor going deep into it because there wasn't anything there that would benefit them like was in Egypt, Indus valley or Lydia They didn't even want to stay at Gelonus after capturing it which could be a great stronghold deep into the Scythian land Instead, they rased the city They had already conquered the strategic Scythian lands in the southern Scythia Their clashes with the Scythians was over strategic positions like control over rivers, chasing them away from their borders or subduing and preventing them to attack the main land or making them protect the empire's borders from other Scythians We can see Scythian subjects not only on the carvings on Persepolis but other inscriptions as well For example, the DB Behistun inscription of Darius I (circa 510 BCE) mentions the haoma drinking Scythians, the Scythians with pointed caps, the Scythians across the sea (Sakâ) and Chorasmia These sources are not what can be easily ignored They give us evidence of Persian rule in Scythian lands both in Europe and central Asia Not to mention that aside from superior numbers, the Achaemenids had every battle troops necessary to deal with Scythians Heavy cavalry, light cavalry, horse archers, foot archers, heavy and light infantry spearmen, javelin throwers and slingers Many settled Iranians such as Persians and Medians who had defeated the Scythians before, during the reign of Cyaxares the great, were familiar with nomadic battle tactics since they themselves were nomads before and some still were All this can only mean that unlike what the Greek records claim, the Scythian campaign of Darius the great was in fact totally successful
@mohammadnaveedkhan5554
2 ай бұрын
This is very informative interested video for me .. Kindly Urdu translation
@boringoldhistory
2 ай бұрын
Thanks, I just added Urdu language captions for all videos...
@indo.iranian.Jat.007
Жыл бұрын
Also tell about Origin of Getae "Gets" (Geto-dacian) Daxia , Massa-getae Thyssa-Getae
@boringoldhistory
Жыл бұрын
We will get to them one by one. I will definitely cover them as well. Thanks for watching...
@ds-on4sm
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for another well- done video! I see Dobrudja on the map, my birth place:)
@boringoldhistory
Жыл бұрын
Dobruja... that's cool. Bulgarian or Romanian, which one is it ?
@ds-on4sm
Жыл бұрын
@@boringoldhistory It used to be Bulgarian, in 1940 it was given to Romania because of politics where Russia was involved(as usual) . My ancestors from my mother's side were born in what is now Romania or Northern Dobrudja. But they are Bulgarian by origin because Dobrudja was Bulgarian. Dobrudja was split in two. Today Southern Dobruja belongs to Bulgaria and Northern to Romania. What happened is that in 1940 all Bulgarians has to leave Northern Dobrudja and settle in the Southern part. This was dramatic for them as they had lived there for generations. Romania did not exist as a country until much later. It was founded in 1859, while Bulgaria in 681. Romania was part of the Bulgarian empire.
@boringoldhistory
Жыл бұрын
@@ds-on4sm I can see you're very enthusiastic about your history. You seem like, you know what you're taking about. Keep it up. And thanks for watching...
@ds-on4sm
Жыл бұрын
@@boringoldhistory 😅😅Yes, I am a bit too enthusiastic, because I found out about this some months ago. I was not aware at all! When I started commenting I was not very sure but now have gone deeper into the subject and the evidence appear all the time even where I never expected it. Our history is very much hidden from us for the reasons I mentioned several times. I don't care so much if we are the Scythians but just as a way to track back my origin and hope this can be helpful to the people who write here. As a way to find out their origin as well. Actually, to be honest I owe knowing what I talk about to a Bulgarian man who has spent 30 years gathering all the information and writing our true history. The "scientists" don't like him because he speaks the truth.
@boringoldhistory
Жыл бұрын
@@ds-on4sm Did you read Barry Cunliffe's work on Scythians. His work is great place to start a deeper dive into Scythian history.... Anyway, what is the name of the person you're talking about.
@unitor699industries
Жыл бұрын
Love history
@Karint7
4 ай бұрын
From no-mad to yes-mad.
@kylealexander593
Ай бұрын
Scythians became the Germanic tribes.
@Samuray1955
Жыл бұрын
Zhirinovsky about the Scythians, Polovtsy, Pechenegs, Turks as one people (sec 30-45)! Jirinovski o skifax, polovtsax, peceneqax, turkax kak ob odnom narode (sek 30-45)! kzitem.info/news/bejne/zH94mmV5o2SnaHo
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