Scythian

risk of death in young adulthood, plausibly a result of warfare. However, it arises a question how the Scythians managed to embrace a domination over other human groups if there were at the same time characterized by the high mortality of an adult and the low fertility, as well as, how did they maintain fighting strength. The possible explanation of this situation could be a recruitment by Scythians the local people into their army (especially in the regions where they have direct contact with Phracians

“I cannot help laughing at the absurdity of all the map-makers...who show Ocean running like a river round a perfectly circular earth, with Asia and Europe of the same size…the “proper notion of the size and shape of these two continents. Persian territory extends southward to the Red Sea, as it is called; north of them are the Medes, then the Saspires, then the Cholchians, who go as far as the northern sea, where the mouth of the Phasis is. These four nations fill the area between the Black sea

the Amazons are based on, the Scythian women. Located northeast of Greece was the Scythian homeland, land that is now modern day Russia and south-eastern Europe. It was there that many nomadic tribes lived. These people learned how to ride horseback at a young age, and spent their entire lives traveling with their respective tribes. Men and women lived as equals, wore trousers, covered themselves with tattoos, and participated in archery. Greece was very close to Scythian nomads that lived near the

The Evidence of the Scythians Much of what is known of the history of the Scythians comes from the account of them by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus, who visited their territory. Herodotus was a great Greek researcher of the fifth century B.C.E, who wrote about the customs and way of living of several civilizations he visited. In one of his investigations he found a very interesting group of nomad tribes, who were called the Scythians. His findings were recorded in Herodotus’ Fourth Book of

Scythians were nomadic peoples of the steppes that thrived from the seventh century BCE to around CE 500. Scythian women lived much like the men (Mayor 2014, 10-11). Pomponius Mela (ca CE 43) says the women participated in war because the Scythians were so savage (3.34-35). Three out of four female graves of the steppes include weapons, which suggest they were warriors (Mayor

In this section, Herodotus begins by telling the story of how the slaves of Scythia had formed a new generation with the Scythian women left behind while the Scythians dominated Asia. Herodotus writes that upon return, the men went to war with the slaves, but stopped, saying “when they saw us armed, they naturally felt that they were as good as we are, and were meeting us on equal terms; but when they see us coming with whips instead, the will remember they are slaves. Once they admit that, they

In the dialogue, "TOXARIS: A DIALOGUE OF FRIENDSHIP," an Athenian, Mnesippus and a Scythian, Toxaris decide to have a friendly competition, in which both had to say five stories of friendship, to see whose country, is better at friendship and who values friendship more. Not only was the competition about whether who is better at friendship, it was also about Mnesippus proving to Toxaris that the Greeks not only talk a lot about friendship but do practice it and whether whose friendships were more

To what extent is Lyn Webster Wilde’s portrayal of Amazon women an accurate one as seen in On the Trail of the Women Warriors: The Amazons in Myth and History Stories of beautiful, bloodthirsty Amazon warrior women storming across battlefields have been told and speculated over for thousands of years. The word Amazon comes from “a-“, without and “mazos”, breast, which came from a popular belief that the Amazon Warrior Women would remove their right breasts, too enable them to draw a bow. Ancient

“Close to 40% of high school students in North America have used marijuana once in their lifetime, and 20% report using it on a regular basis.” Mariguana (Spanish for “intoxicant”) is “the most commonly used illicit drug”. “Marijuana” consists of the dried leaves of a hemp plant and usually refers to hemp’s religious, medicinal and recreational use, while “cannabis” is the fibrous part of the hemp plant, and refers its industrial and commercial use. Marijuana has been used for centuries for diverse

Dating Methods “An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.” A. Christie Archaeological dating methods can be divided in two categories, relative and absolute dating. Relative dating in archaeology presumes the age of an artefact in relation and by comparison, to other objects found around it. Limits for relative dating are that it cannot provide an accurate year or a specific date of use, it is a more subjective approach. A more precise