Central Asia and Kazakhstan

SAKS

Creation date	In the I millennium BC
Geography	Central Asia and Kazakhstan
Main city	Shirik Rabat. In Kizilkum desert
Main activity	Nomadic cattle-breeding. Main animals:ship,horse camel
Other names	Herodotus called them in his work as "Asian Scythians" In Persian sources «Құдіретті еркектер» In Iranian sources «Жүйрік атты турлар»
Type of state	Nomadic type of life.
People,nations	Turk tribes with mongoloid faces.
Language	Indo-iranian language
Society structure	1) Warriors(red) 2) Priests(white) 3)cattle breeder,tiller(yellow-blue)
State army	In Akhemenids sources there are a lot of facts and information about Saks. They inform that they were 3 groups: Saks- Haumovarga (Saks that made drink Haom), Saks- Paradaraya(Saks that lived across the sea, Saks-Tigrahauda(Saks that were pointed caps)
Famous events	Saks took part in many historical events of that time. So, Kir concluded a peace treating with Saks against the king Krez. Kir’s campaign against Saks was not successful. His army was defeated and he died. Kir’s campaign to the Middle Asia were continued by Dariy I(521-486) but he was also defeated. At the end of VI beg.of V c. B.C. in ancient East were taking place Greek-Persian wars. Some Saks tribes took part in those wars being on the side of Persians. Greek-Persian wars (500-449) ended with the defeat of Persians. In 30-s B.C. Greek-makedonians under the control of Alexandr Makedonsky defeated the army of the last Ahemenid of Dariy III and entered the Middle Asia. Massagets and other tribes, living in the Southern Kazakhstan participated in wars against Alexander Macedonsky. Saks tribes which lived in the area of Syrdaria kept their independence. After the death of Alexander Macedonsky his huge empire was disunited because it was just a union of tribes and nations who didn’t have strong economic and political relations.

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