Word: scythian
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Oddly, Narcissus has no such open command of his own people. Their archaic system demands the people’s support for war, but Narcissus was unable to convince them other than by exaggerating the threat of an imminent Scythian invasion. No matter that any invaders would first need to overcome the border tribes of their own territory, then the Macedonians, then the mountains. Indeed, some Athenians had immediately panicked and rushed to defend the Long Walls...
...Kyrgyzstan's history is rich?it includes a showdown between Scythian warriors and Alexander the Great, not to mention the requisite Mongol invaders?but the country offers little in the way of monuments. Its unique draw is a 94% mountainous landscape that has even the bloodless CIA World Factbook rhapsodizing about "incredible natural beauty...