Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov

(Михаи� л Миха� йлович Ипполи� тов-Ива� нов) 1859 –1935

Russia, 1866 (largest extent of empire)

Transoxiania (Transoxus)

Today’s Historic “Transoxiana”Centers on the Amu Darya (Oxus) River

Prezhevalsky Horse

Scythian Horse with saddle, Pazyryk culture, felt, 4c. BCE

Alexander the Great, 356-323 BCE

Alexander’s Empire

Height of Alexander’s Empire (continental scale)

Russia, 1866 (world scale)

Nisa (present day Turkmenistan)

Scythian Gold

Alexander Borodin, & his tomb in Tikhvin Monastery, 1833-1887

Sarmatian horsemenalso in King Arthurfilm (w/Clive Owen)

Itil ruins (probable), discovered in July, 2005

The Spread of Islam by 750 C.E.Mohammed’s life, 570-632 C.E.

Peoples of the Rivers and Seas:The Gokstad Viking Ship (on display in Oslo, Norway)

-- and related adornment from a lost Viking ship

Viking Expansion : 8c. Dark red; 9c. Red; 10c. Orange; 11c Yellow: Green denotes areas with frequent Viking raids