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Scythia
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Scythia
Scythia
(;
Ancient Greek
: Σκυθική,
Skythikē
) was a region of
Central Eurasia
in
classical antiquity
, occupied by the
Eastern
Iranian
Scythians
, encompassing parts of
Eastern Europe
east of the
Vistula River
and
Central Asia
, with the eastern edges of the region vaguely defined by the Greeks. The Ancient Greeks gave the name Scythia (or Great Scythia) to all the lands north-east of Europe and the northern coast of the
Black Sea
.
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