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Cover 1 Contents 6 Illustrations 8 Diagrams and Tables 10 Preface 12 Acknowledgements 16 Terminology 20 Transcriptions and Conventions 24 Sources and Citations 28 Abbreviations and Symbols 30 Introduction 38 Prologue: Central Eurasian Innovators 43 1. The Scythians in the Central Eurasian Steppes 72 2. The Scythians in Media and Central Asia 91 3. The Scytho-Mede Persian Empire 118 4. One Eternal Royal Line 152 5. Imperial Scythian in the Persian Empire 176 6. Classical Scythian in the Central Eurasian Steppes 204 7. The Scythian Empire in Chao and the First Chinese Empire 243 8. The Scythian Capitals of Media, Chao, and Ch’in 259 Epilogue: Scythian Philosophy and the Classical Age 271 Appendix A: Zoroaster and Monotheism 306 Appendix B: Scythian and Scytho-Mede Dress and Weaponry 320 Endnotes 334 References 386 Illustration Credits 404 Index 406

Author

Christopher I. Beckwith;

Language

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