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From the Ted Talk by Adrienne Mayor: Did the Amazons really exist?
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Ancient historians located the amaozn homeland in syhtcia, the vast territory stretching from the Black Sea across the stpepes of cerntal Asia. This immense region was populated by nomadic tribes whose lives ceertned on hsreos, archery, and warfare. Their clruute flourished for about 1,000 years beginning around 800 BC. Feared by Greeks, Persians, and the ciehsne, the Scythians left no wirtetn rrcedos. But we can find clues in how their neighbors described them, as well as in archaeology. Scythians' ancestors were the first to ride horses and they invented the recurve bow. And, because a female mounted archer could be as fast and as deadly as a male, all children were trained to ride and shoot. Women hunted and fought alongside men, using the same weapons. The harsh ladapnsce and their nomadic lifestyle created its own form of equality. This amazed the ancient Greeks, whose weomn led restricted indoor lives.
Open Cloze
Ancient historians located the ______ homeland in _______, the vast territory stretching from the Black Sea across the _______ of _______ Asia. This immense region was populated by nomadic tribes whose lives ________ on ______, archery, and warfare. Their _______ flourished for about 1,000 years beginning around 800 BC. Feared by Greeks, Persians, and the _______, the Scythians left no _______ _______. But we can find clues in how their neighbors described them, as well as in archaeology. Scythians' ancestors were the first to ride horses and they invented the recurve bow. And, because a female mounted archer could be as fast and as deadly as a male, all children were trained to ride and shoot. Women hunted and fought alongside men, using the same weapons. The harsh _________ and their nomadic lifestyle created its own form of equality. This amazed the ancient Greeks, whose _____ led restricted indoor lives.
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- amazon
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- steppes
- scythia
- records
- landscape
- central
Original Text
Ancient historians located the Amazon homeland in Scythia, the vast territory stretching from the Black Sea across the steppes of Central Asia. This immense region was populated by nomadic tribes whose lives centered on horses, archery, and warfare. Their culture flourished for about 1,000 years beginning around 800 BC. Feared by Greeks, Persians, and the Chinese, the Scythians left no written records. But we can find clues in how their neighbors described them, as well as in archaeology. Scythians' ancestors were the first to ride horses and they invented the recurve bow. And, because a female mounted archer could be as fast and as deadly as a male, all children were trained to ride and shoot. Women hunted and fought alongside men, using the same weapons. The harsh landscape and their nomadic lifestyle created its own form of equality. This amazed the ancient Greeks, whose women led restricted indoor lives.
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