“The Scythians” by Alexander Blok, is a poem about a certain ethnic group of people. Aft first, I thought this poem was about oppression and how this group in Asia and how they eventually grew from it or became too involved and started to enjoy what they were doing and that did not sit well with the Europeans. The author of this poem is describing how the group sees the Europeans for who they are and how the Europeans sees the group. I later researched what a Scythian was a found they were Eurasian nomads who inhabited the western and central Eurasian steppes from about the 9th century BC until about the 1st century BC. They were known for their distinct art and the first people to master mounted warfare which was also used by the Mongolians. I kind of saw the poem a little bit different because they were originally from Europe and moved and became nomads and eventually established and controlled a vast trade network connecting Greece, Persia, India and China.
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