In the late 2nd century BC, their capital at Scythian Neapolis in the Crimea was captured by Mithridates VI and their territories incorporated into the Bosporan Kingdom. The Scythians subsequently engaged in frequent conflicts with the Achaemenid Empire, and suffered a major defeat against Macedonia in the 4th century BC and were subsequently gradually conquered by the Sarmatians, a related Iranian people living to their east. After losing control over Media, they continued intervening in Middle Eastern affairs, playing a leading role in the destruction of the Assyrian Empire in the Sack of Nineveh in 612 BC. Around 650–630 BC, Scythians briefly dominated the Medes of the western Iranian Plateau, stretching their power to the borders of Egypt. In the 7th century BC, the Scythians crossed the Caucasus and frequently raided the Middle East along with the Cimmerians, playing an important role in the political developments of the region. Based in what is modern-day Ukraine and southern Russia, they called themselves Scoloti and were led by a nomadic warrior aristocracy known as the Royal Scythians. During this time they and related peoples came to dominate the entire Eurasian Steppe from the Carpathian Mountains in the west to Ordos Plateau in the east, creating what has been called the first Central Asian nomadic empire. Among the earliest peoples to master mounted warfare, the Scythians replaced the Cimmerians as the dominant power on the Pontic steppe in the 8th century BC. The Scythians are generally believed to have been of Iranian (or Iranic an Indo-European ethno-linguistic group) origin they spoke a language of the Scythian branch of the Iranian languages, and practiced a variant of ancient Iranian religion. Eastern members of the Scythian cultures are often specifically designated as Sakas. According to Di Cosmo, other terms such as "Early nomadic" would be preferable. In a broader sense, Scythians has also been used to designate all early Eurasian nomads, although the validity of such terminology is controversial. They were part of the wider Scythian cultures, stretching across the Eurasian Steppe. They can also be referred to as Pontic Scythians. Classical Scythians dominated the Pontic steppe from approximately the 7th century BC until the 3rd century BC. It is a well crafted video, and I have to say that it does paint a good picture of what the Scythian life was like, but there are a lot of parts that are very innacurate.The Scythians ( / ˈ s ɪ θ i ə n z, ˈ s ɪ ð-/ from Greek Σκύθης, Σκύθοι), also known as Scyths, Saka, Sakae, Iskuzai, or Askuzai, were an ancient nomadic people primarily lived in the Eurasian steppes of Kazakhstan, in Russian steppes of the Siberian, Ural, Volga and Southern regions as well in Ukraine. There were more r/badhistory examples but these are the ones that immediately came to mind. The Scythians were one of those descendants, although it was the Tocharians that settled in the Tarim Basin. Their later descendants then migrated back east and went all the way to western China. The Yamnaya were the first of these horse nomads, and they were the ones to migrate westwards. He mentions the Yamnaya, but calls them the descendants of the Scythians who move westwards but that is completely wrong, the dating is also off by about 1000 years. The Scythians also were not ancestral to the Germanic, Celtic and Slavic people but they do share a heritage. The Sumerians werent scythians with a different name. A lot of thing that shouldn't be ascribed to the Scythians are, such as cavalry being a symbol of Aristocracy in Europe. So I finally got to watch the video Asha Logos made on the Scythians and while some parts are definitely historically accurate, other parts are quite sketchy and r/badhistory material.
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