Prologue: Central Eurasian innovators
The Scythians in the Central Eurasian steppes
The Scythians in media and Central Asia
The Scytho-Mede Persian empire
Imperial Scythian in the Persian empire
Classical Scythian in the central Eurasian steppes
The Scythian empire in chao and the first Chinese empire
The Scythian capitals of Media, Chao, and Ch'in
Epilogue: Scythian philosophy and the classical age.
