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The Scythian Empire : Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age from Persia to China /

"A rich, discovery-filled history that tells how a forgotten empire transformed the ancient world. In the late 8th and early 7th centuries BCE, Scythian warriors conquered and unified most of the vast Eurasian continent, creating an innovative empire that would give birth to the age of philosop...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Beckwith, Christopher I., 1945- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Prologue: Central Eurasian innovators
  • The Scythians in the Central Eurasian steppes
  • The Scythians in media and Central Asia
  • The Scytho-Mede Persian empire
  • One eternal royal line
  • Imperial Scythian in the Persian empire
  • Classical Scythian in the central Eurasian steppes Eurasia
  • The Scythian empire in chao and the first Chinese empire
  • The Scythian capitals of Media, Chao, and Ch'in
  • Epilogue: Scythian philosophy and the classical age.