Friday, April 15, 2022

Ptolemy-List-of-Scythian-Tribes-KARATAI

 

Scythian Art - pic: wiki 


We continue with Ptolemy‘s List of Scythian Tribes:

Summary of the text below: „…Persian called the Scythians as Saka. A branch of them lived in Central Asia. They were nomads. There was a Saka tribe called KARATAI…“


  It seems very Turkic, doesn’t it? 
KARATAI: KARA: Black, Holy, Great TAI: Mountain


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