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The Ossetes - Modern-Day Scythians of the Caucasus (Hardcover)
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The Ossetes - Modern-Day Scythians of the Caucasus (Hardcover)
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The Ossetes, a small nation inhabiting two adjacent states in the
central Caucasus, are the last remaining linguistic and cultural
descendants of the ancient nomadic Scythians who dominated the
Eurasian steppe from the Balkans to Mongolia for well over one
thousand years. A nominally Christian nation speaking a language
distantly related to Persian, the Ossetes have inherited much of
the culture of the medieval Alans who brought equestrian culture to
Europe. They have preserved a rich oral literature through the epic
of the Narts, a body of heroic legends that shares much in common
with the Persian Book of Kings and other works of Indo-European
mythology. This is the first book devoted to the little-known
history and culture of the Ossetes to appear in any Western
language. Charting Ossetian history from Antiquity to today, it
will be a vital contribution to the fields of Iranian, Caucasian,
Post-Soviet and Indo-European Studies.
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