Scythians. Smirnov Alexey Evgenievich

Scythians broke into the arena of world history and in a short time became influential power. Their invasion of Azia made the civilized world tremble - the lines of the Bible dedicated to the Scythians are full of fear of this inexorable and cruel people. The powerful Assyria found for the benefit to conclude an alliance with them, and those who later tried to win Scythia were disappointed: the Persian king Darius the Great barely carried his feet out of the campaign, and the commander sent by Alexander Macedonian, Zopyrion perished with his whole army... but then What the great military leaders could not do, the Sarmatians who were related to the Scythians made: under their blows, Scythia clenched to the size of a small kingdom, and then completely disappeared. The Scythians themselves dissolved in the surrounding tribes, leaving behind numerous burial mounds. The book of Doctor of Historical Sciences Alexei Smirnov talks about what secrets were revealed to archaeologists.