The Scythian Empire

by Christopher Beckwith

In The Scythian Empire Christopher Beckwith, Distinguished Professor in Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University, makes the case for the Scythian Empire as “one of the least known but most influential realms in all of world history.” Scythian was an old Iranic language, and 2,700 years ago, speakers of the language were active around Asia on horseback. Beckwith makes the case that this was the largest empire the world had seen up to that point; even if you disagree it’s an interesting read about a period many of us know little about.