Tomyris: Queen of the Massagetae

Tomyris: Queen of the Massagetae explores the confrontation between the Massagetae and Cyrus the Great of Persia in the sixth century BCE.

Across the open grasslands and river corridors of the Eurasian steppe, Tomyris ruled a mobile confederation whose authority depended upon kinship, martial legitimacy, movement, and control of vital territory. Her encounter with Cyrus brought two very different systems of power into direct conflict: an expanding territorial empire and a steppe society orga...