Yancai From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search This article is about a nomadic people of ancient Central Asia. For a contemporaneous city state of the Tarim Basin, sometimes known also as Yanqi, see Karasahr. Countries described in Zhang Qian's report. Visited countries are highlighted in blue. Yancai (Chinese: 奄蔡; pinyin: Yǎncài; Wade–Giles: Yen-ts’ai; lit.: 'Vas..

Aorsi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search The Eastern Hemisphere in 100 BC. The Alans/Aorsi are located immediately north of the Caspian Sea. The Aorsi, known in Greek sources as the Aorsoi (Ἄορσοι), were an ancient Iranian people of the Sarmatian group, who played a major role in the events of the Pontic Steppe from the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD. T..

Alania From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search For other uses, see Alania (disambiguation). Late 9th century[1]–1238/1239 Map of Alania during the 9th-12th centuries, according to Ossetian historian Ruslan S. Bzarov.[2][3] Kingdom Maghas Alanic - Proto-Ossetian Paganism and different Zoroastrian beliefs, later Christianity in the 10th century,[4] Monarchy Middle A..

Ossetians From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search ± 600,000 558,515[1] 480,310[2] 51,000[3][4] 14,385[5] 50,000[6][7][8] 7,861[9] 5,823[10] 4,830[11] 4,308[12] 2,066[13] 1,170[14] 758[15] 700[16] 554[17] 403[18] 331[19] 285[20] 119[21] 116[22] Ossetian, Russian, Georgian Predominantly † Eastern Orthodox Christianity with a sizeable minority professing Uatsdin, and..

Alans From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search "Alani" redirects here. For the Hawaiian plants, see Melicope. Alans Alani Languages Eastern Iranian Related ethnic groups Massagetae The Alans (Latin: Alani) were an Iranian nomadic pastoral people of antiquity.[1][2][3][4][5] The name Alan is an Iranian dialectical form of Aryan.[1][2] Possibly related to the Massaget..

Battle of the Tanais RiverFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to navigationJump to searchThe Battle of the Tanais River in 373 AD between the Huns and the Alans, was fought on the traditional border between Asia and Europe. The Huns were victorious. Some historians credit this battle as the beginning of the process of Germanic migration, in which the Huns pushed Germanic ..