The Barbarian Empires of the Steppes
Season 1
Ep 5. Scythians, Greeks, and Persians
- TV-PG
- January 13, 2014
- 30 min
Move from the eastern steppes to the western and central steppes in this exploration of the Scythians, Iranian-speaking nomads with great military prowess, who established a symbiotic relationship with the Greeks based on trade. Investigate this contact, as well as attempts to conquer the Scythians by the Persians and, later, Alexander the Great.