Southern Urals
Nomads in the Southern Urals History of the Southern Urals – a history of all peoples, expansion into its territory since ancient times. Its territory from time immemorial been a scene of interaction between the two branches of civilizations – settled agriculturalists and nomadic pastoralists. Consequence of their interaction over millennia was uneven ethnographic and anthropological composition of the local population. Let's try to examine in brief the main stages the early history of the Southern Urals in relation to exposure to it by the various nomadic peoples. The Scythians in the Early Iron Age, from the VII century. BC.
Oe. – IV century. Mr. Oe. throughout the Southern Urals, including the central and southern regions and the steppes of Bashkortostan, was inhabited by nomadic Iranian-speaking pastoralist tribes – the Scythians, the great carriers of world culture. Scythian migration of the Southern Urals are linked to the return of the Scythians from the campaigns in the Middle East at the end of VII at.
BC and re-development of previously conquered lands. Priuralsky steppes were only a small part of their nomadic territory. About them knew antique and ancient Persian authors. It was during the so-called 'Scythian efohi '. Analysis of artefacts confirms the conclusion of participation in the genesis of Scythian culture of the early nomads of the Southern Urals. By the time of the birth culture of the early nomads of the region in almost all categories of inventory are recorded Scythian origins. Primarily, this provision applies to items of arms and horse reins.
