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Who were the Scythians? (Another version of the ANCIENTS/MINOANS/ROMANS) By Tom Garlinghouse | September 02, 2022 | SOURCE The Scythians were nomadic pastoralists and formidable warriors. Origins Social organization and burials Clothes, tattoos and artwork Religion Warriors and weapons Myth of the Amazons Twilight of the Scythian world Additional resources Bibliography A Scythian-made stag plaque dating to 400 B.C. to 300 BC. (Image credit: The Cleveland Museum of Art; The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1985.77; CC0 1.0 ) "Scythian" is a term used to denote a diverse but culturally related group of nomads who occupied a large swathe of grassland, or steppes, that stretched from north of the Black Sea all the way to China. Sometimes also known as Saka or Scyths, the name "Scythian" was coined by the ancient Greeks . (here we go again) "Scythian culture flourished on the steppes from about 80...