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Section sizes

Section size for Scythians (98 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	13,401	13,401
Names	45	18,299
Etymology	8,603	8,603
Modern terminology	9,651	9,651
Location	13	6,660
Early phase in the western steppes	1,703	1,703
In West Asia	1,392	1,392
In the Pontic steppe	2,905	3,552
Scythia Minor	647	647
History	1,113	102,928
Origins	4,147	4,147
Early history	4,412	16,986
Arrival into West Asia	3,436	3,436
Arrival in the Pontic steppe	9,138	9,138
Presence in West Asia	3,351	25,827
Bartatua and the alliance with Assyria	4,192	7,383
West Asian influence on Scythians	2,223	2,223
Conquest of Mannai	968	968
Madyes	264	7,102
Conquest of Media	1,610	1,610
Defeat of the Cimmerians	5,228	5,228
Decline	16	4,629
Revolt of Media	763	763
Raid till Egypt	1,886	1,886
War against Assyria	1,964	1,964
Expulsion from West Asia	3,362	3,362
Pontic Scythian kingdom	30	33,547
Early phase	7,187	7,187
The Persian invasion	2,812	2,812
Early decline	871	871
Expansion	11,715	11,715
Golden Age	8,485	8,485
Decline and end	2,447	2,447
Scythia Minor	2,069	2,069
Legacy	442	19,239
Antiquity	5,846	5,846
Mediaeval period	3,590	3,590
Modern period	9,361	9,361
Culture and society	481	69,846
Archaeology	1,235	1,235
Language	955	955
Social organisation	26	17,304
Clan structures	872	872
Tribal structures	6,387	8,376
Neighbouring populations	1,602	1,602
Related populations	387	387
Class structure	3,656	3,656
Gender roles	1,357	1,357
Administrative structure	33	3,017
Kingship	2,350	2,350
Popular and warrior assemblies	359	359
Administrative divisions	275	275
Lifestyle	1,791	23,774
Equestrianism	1,342	1,342
Pastoralism	1,606	1,606
Agriculture	1,608	1,608
Diet	1,514	1,514
Clothing and grooming	3,750	3,750
Medicine	1,327	1,327
Crafts and materials	1,635	7,336
Metalworking	1,379	1,379
Goldsmithing	283	283
Textiles	301	301
Art	425	2,958
The "Animal Style"	286	286
Development	2,247	2,247
Industrial organisation	780	780
Habitations	3,500	3,500
Religion	642	642
Warfare	931	15,693
Weapons	104	9,181
Archery	5,266	5,266
Poisons	2,357	2,357
Other weapons	1,454	1,454
Armour	2,492	2,492
Command structure	887	887
War customs	2,202	2,202
Trade	1,221	9,762
The grain trade	4,073	4,073
The slave trade	957	957
Scythian imports	1,886	1,886
The gold trade route	1,424	1,424
Coinage	201	201
Physical appearance	2,679	2,679
Genetics	3,694	8,192
Maternal haplogroups	2,982	2,982
Paternal haplogroups	1,516	1,516
List of rulers	19	8,356
Kings of Early Scythians	408	408
Kings of Pontic Scythians	1,141	1,141
Kings of Crimean Scythians	435	435
Kings of Danubian Scythians	267	267
Genealogy	6,086	6,086
See also	358	358
References	35	53,891
Early sources	3,630	3,630
Modern sources	46,954	46,954
Further reading	3,272	3,272
Total	284,610	284,610

Add Armenian, Greek, and New Persian transliterations

(Old Persian: Sakā; New Persian: ساکا Saka; Greek: Σάκαι Sakai; Armenian: սկյութները Skyout'nerə; Latin: Sacae, Sanskrit: शक Śaka), and Sai (Chinese: 塞; Old Chinese: *sˤək), respectively.[8]

New Book: The Scythian Empire

C. Beckwith has a new book out (2023) would be great if somebody could update the article with any new information. Beckwith, Christopher I. (2023). The Scythian empire: Central Eurasia and the birth of the classical age from Persia to China. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-24053-4.

Germsteel (talk) 08:05, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Before Common Era

Using BC instead of BCE is a Christian centred view 74.14.53.231 (talk) 14:34, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Isn't BCE based on Christ's supposed birth? 2605:8D80:482:3E80:FD31:E942:BE95:2508 (talk) 02:25, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 21 August 2024

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Change spelling of entartainment to entertainment 2605:59C8:2678:3300:E192:8D5:E423:9D44 (talk) 00:40, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Thank you for your contribution to Wikipedia! Quadrantal (talk) 04:43, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Scythians R1b

In the genetic study by Krzewińska, Maja; et al 2018 it is said that the Scythians have exclusively R1b, on some sites I came across information that the article of the genetic study incorrectly concluded that the western nomads of the Iron Age had haplogroup R1b, at first I did not know on what basis such an opinion was made. However, recently I came across a genetic study (Population genomics of post-glacial western Eurasia), there is autosomal DNA of samples, including those that were tested in the study by Krzewińska, Maja; et al 2018, and it confirms that there is an error in the article, that allegedly "western nomads of the Iron Age had R1b", only scy305 and scy009 had haplogroup R1b, the rest of the Scythians had mainly R1a, there were also samples with I2a and E1b. Therefore, in the article "Scythians" in the section "Genetics" it is necessary to correct the incorrect statement that the Western Scythians had only haplogroup R1b. P.S. to see the table of autosomal DNA samples you need to download the study or here is the link (table1 and table2). And the samples (Scythians) from the genetic study Krzewińska, Maja; et al 2018 are marked "scy". User8638 (talk) 20:17, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]