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

by Christopher I. Beckwith

Book Overview

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 philosophy and the Classical age across the ancient world--in the West, the Near East, India, and China. Mobile horse herders who lived with their cats...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691240558
• ISBN13: 9780691240558
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.2" x 7.8"