Taka and Pelte

**satalexton** · 08-03-2009, 13:51

=/ if the thraikioi copied the persian taka, when y not copy their choppas?

**Watchman** · 08-03-2009, 14:51

Originally Posted by satalexton

=/ if the thraikioi copied the persian taka, when y not copy their choppas?

For one thing, Scythians =/= Persians though both *are* Iranian-speakers. For another, AFAIK they picked up the kopis/machaira too. For a third, they went one better in the rhomphaia.

**satalexton** · 08-03-2009, 17:05

aren't they ancesterally the same stock of people though? the Westward migration of indo european tribes, those that settled earlier became persians...those that kept riding their ponies...became the scythians....

I know I'm making a lot of generalizing assumptions there, correct me.

**spiritusdilutus** · 08-03-2009, 17:35

Originally Posted by satalexton

aren't they ancesterally the same stock of people though? the Westward migration of indo european tribes, those that settled earlier became persians...those that kept riding their ponies...became the scythians....

I know I'm making a lot of generalizing assumptions there, correct me.

Yes, you`re right, Persian and Scythian are both classified as Indo-Aryan languages.

**antisocialmunky** · 08-03-2009, 18:19

They're more like closely related cousins.

**satalexton** · 08-04-2009, 09:02

How culturally similar were they though?

**Paul D** · 08-04-2009, 15:06

Think of it as like modern French People and Italian People in extent of similarity.

a similar language, quite a few common words, same/similar religions, but a different national identity and different lifestyle.