Define Scythian Breastplate
Define Scythian Breastplate
Scythian art is an art that goes hand in hand with Scythian culture, especially decorative objects, such as jewelry, made by nomadic tribes known as Scythia, which included Central Asia, parts of Eastern Europe east of the Vistula River, and parts of South Asia, and the eastern edge of the region. The details of the nomadic people of the plains are often uncertain, and the word "Scythian" should often be taken lightly; the art of navigation extends farther east than the main Scythian mainland showing close resemblance and diversity, and terms such as "Sytyt-Siberian land" are often used. Some nomadic Eurasians known to ancient writers, especially Herodotus, include the Massagetae, the Sarmatians, and Saka, the last name derived from Persian sources, while the ancient Chinese sources refer to Xiongnu or Hsiung-nu. Modern archaeologists have identified, among others, the cultures of Pazyryk, Tagar, and Aldy-Bel, the far east, the most ancient Ordos culture west of Beijing. The art of these people as a whole is known as steppes art.
In the case of the Scythians, the art of production was made in the period from the 7th to the 3rd century BC, after which the Scythians were gradually removed from most of their territory by the Sarmatians, and rich cemeteries abolished among the Scythians remaining on the Black Sea Coast. During this time many Scythians settled down and engaged in trade with the Greeks.
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