Scythia

Scythia was a broad region of Eurasia north of the Black Sea and extending into Central Asia, associated by Greek and Roman writers with the Scythians.

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Herodotus: A Greek historian of the fifth century BCE whose Histories describe the Scythians and their lands. His account is a major ancient source for locating Scythia and describing its peoples.
Eurasian Steppe: A vast belt of grassland stretching across Eurasia from eastern Europe to Mongolia. Scythia’s western and central territories formed part of this connected grassland zone.
Pazyryk culture: An Iron Age culture of the Altai Mountains known for preserved burials and distinctive artifacts. Its eastern location illustrates the wide reach of Scythian-related steppe cultures.
Black Sea: An inland sea between southeastern Europe and western Asia, connected to the Mediterranean by the Bosporus. Its northern shores anchored the best-known western part of ancient Scythia.
Sarmatia: A region named by classical writers for lands inhabited by Sarmatians, broadly north of the Black Sea and Caspian Sea. Ancient authors used Sarmatia alongside Scythia, but the names reflected different peoples and periods.
Scythians: An ancient Iranian-speaking people known for pastoral nomadism across the Eurasian steppe. Their migrations and settlements gave Scythia its name in Greek and Roman writing.
Pontic–Caspian steppe: The grassland region between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea. This western steppe was a central landscape within ancient Scythia.
Scythian art: Animal-style metalwork and other artistic traditions associated with ancient Scythian peoples. Its recurring animal forms provide recognizable material evidence from across Scythian lands.
Cimmerians: An ancient people recorded near the Black Sea and western Eurasia in the early first millennium BCE. Ancient sources place them in lands later associated with Scythians.
Scythia Minor: A classical name for the western Black Sea region, especially the area of modern Dobruja. This narrower regional usage contrasts with Scythia’s much broader geographical sense.