INDEXNote: numbers in bold refer toillustrations, maps, and diagrams.For the benefit of digital users,indexed terms that span two pages(e.g., 52–3) may, on occasion,appear on only one of those pages.Adrianople, Battle of (ad 378) 325Aeschines 54Agarus, Scythian king 358Agathyrsae peoples 152Agathyrsi 209Agathyrsus 333Ai Khanum 315Ak-Alakha kurgans, AltaiMountains, Kazakhstan 20,187, 193–4, 201, 209dress and display 205–7Akkermen burial, River Molochna141Alans (Alani) 317, 319, 320, 324–7,326Alazonian peoples 49Alekseyev, A. Y. 357Alexander II, Tzar of Russia 2Alexander the Great 56–7, 129,175–6Alexandropol kurgan,Dnipropetrovsk region,Ukraine 12, 13, 14ceremonial pole tops 274horse burials 14Alexey, Tzar of Russia 3Altai Mountains 16–20, 17, 64, 177,283kurgans 292 see also Pazyrykcemeteries, Altai Mountains;Berel kurgans, AltaiMountainsAmazons/oiorpata (‘man-slayers’)219Ammianus Marcellinus 239Amu Darya (Oxus) river 7, 26, 39,73, 74, 170, 171, 177, 179, 180,180, 315Anacharsis 54–6Anaxagoras 239Anaximander 44Anaximenes 44Andocides 260Andronovo culture 73, 74, 76, 77,122Anguiped goddess 276animal art, Scythian 282–9Hellenistic influences 285–7animal art, Tager culture (1200–850bc) 90–3, 91, 92, 102Aorsi (Sarmatians) 120, 317, 318,318, 319relationship with the Alans 324Apadāna reliefs, Persepolis, Iran172, 172, 203Aphrodite Ourania sanctuary,Ascalon 272Api (Gaia) 267, 268Apollonia, Greek colony 38Araxes, river god 267Ares, god of war 267rituals 269–70, 271, 272Argimpasa (Aphrodite Ourania),goddess 267, 268, 269, 272imagery 276–82, 276, 277, 278,279, 280, 281, 282Argippaeins 50, 51, 169Argotus, Scythian king 358Ariapeithes, Scythian King 217, 358Arismaspian peoples 51Aristeas, poet 50, 169Aristophanes:Lysistrata 53–4Thesmophoriazusae 54Aristotle 241Arpoxais 266Arrian 175arrowheads, bilobate and trilobatesocketed 106–7, 157Tagar period, Minusinsk valley89, 90Ártánd elite warrior burial,Hungary 155Arzhan kurgans, Siberia 23–4,196–7Arzhan 1 95–100, 96, 97, 102–3391
curled feline bronze plaque 98deer stone 99female companions 302sacrificial horses 298, 301Arzhan 2 95, 100–3, 101, 201female companions 302Arzhan chieftains, Tagar culture95–103Asarhaddon, Persian king 33, 114Ashkelon temple of AphroditeUrania 34Ashmole, Elias 1Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 1Assyrian empire 31, 32, 33, 39, 114Ateas, king 55, 56, 121, 241, 256, 358Athens and the Scythians:Pontic grain supplies 124–5, 126Scythians employed as archerurbanpolice 52–4Scythians through the eyes of52–5timeline 354see also AristophanesBabylonian empire 32, 33, 39Bactria 175Bactria Margiana ArchaeologicalComplex (BMAC) 74Barinovka settlement, Samaravalley 73, 75Barnaul Mining Museum, Siberia16Bartatua, Scythian king 33, 114,259, 358Bashadar kurgan 2 238Basse Yeutz wine flagons, France160–2, 161Bastarnae peoples 144–5battleaxes and maces, Scythian244–5, 245Bel’sk fortified settlement(gorodišče), Ukraine 22, 46,129, 132, 133–5, 133Belozerka culture 80, 81, 103–4indexBerel kurgans, Altai Mountains 20,190–3kurgan 1 190kurgan 9 193kurgan 10 190, 191, 192, 192–3kurgan 11, female companions302Berezan, Greek colony 38, 124Bering, Vitus 8Besschatyr kurgans, Kazakhstan182Bidzilya, V. I. 336Bisitun carved relief, Iran 25, 41,41, 203Black Sea 7, 9–16, 11Bliznits kurgan 14blood-brotherhood ritual,Scythian 217, 218, 260–1,309, 347Bolshoi Salbykskii kurgan, Salbykvalley 89, 196Bosporan kingdom 142–3, 256,260, 319Pontic steppe Scythians and125–8, 126, 127timeline 354Botai settlement, Kazakhstan 72bows and arrows, Scythian 238–42,239, 240, 241Boyer petroglyph, Yenisei valley212depicting shaman 93Bratoliubivsky kurgan gold finial,Khersonska region 287Breyne, Johann Philipp 6Bundi tribe 135Callipedae peoples 49cannabis use, Scythian 46, 210cannibalism, ritual 308–9, 308Carpathian basin (Great HungarianPlain) 147–67, 148, 149Celtic migrations 160–7horse-riding, importance of 159North European Plain andScythian settlement 157pre-Scythian advances 148–50relations with the West 156–8Scythians in the West 150–6, 151timeline 354trade in horses 156–7Transylvanian group 151–2, 152Vekerzug culture 152, 152–6,154, 157view from the West 159–60Carpathian mountains 147–8, 148,149catacomb-style of burials 139–41,152Rjadovye kurgan 3 299–300,299Catherine the Great, Tzarina ofRussia 9Celtic migrations, and Scythian art160–7Celtic war bands 144cereal cultivation (1800–1200 bc)73–6chariots 69Chastye Kurgany kurgans 334silver beaker 334–5, 334, 335cheese making, Scythian 222–4Chernogorovka culture 103Chersonesos, Greek colony 38–9Chertomlÿk kurgan, Ukraine 10,14, 21–2, 136, 139, 140, 219,297, 305death riders 307gorytos (quiver) 242retainers 302sacrificial horses 300silver wine amphora 221, 221,232, 233, 235, 242, 350–1, 350,351Chian Han dynasty, China 313Chinggis Khan 66, 67, 327Chios, and slavery 52Cicero 45392
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