The Sarmatians 600 BC-AD 450
Contributors: Gerry Embleton (Illustrator)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: August 19, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781841764856
Subjects: Ethnic studies; European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Military life & institutions; BCE to c 500 CE; World - General; History - Military / War; History; History: World; Ancient World; Russia; Military - General; History / Military / General; Ancient - General
First sentence: THE SARMATIANS were not a unified people, but rather a number of groups of nomad peoples of similar stock, who wandered generally westwards over the Eurasian steppe - the vast corridor of grasslands, hundreds of miles wide and some 5,000 miles long, extending from China to the Hungarian Plain.
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