The Saka
Time: 515 BC
Place: Armenia
Details: The Saka were regarded by the Babylonians as synonymous with the Gimirrai; both names are used on the trilingual Behistun Inscription, carved in 515 BCE on the order of Darius the Great, These people were reported to be mainly interested in settling in the kingdom of Urartu, later part of Armenia, and Shacusen in Utik derived its name from them.
‹ Earlier in historyZhending of Zhou518 BCLater in history ›The Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley515 BC
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