Remains Of Warrior Buried 2,600 Years Ago Identified As A 12-Year-Old Girl

[jaxexpat]

1. Makes sense to me. Scythia was the middle leg of the ancient "silk road".

My Speculation:

Men in this region were associated with trade and gone from home for years at a time. When a growing season was ruined by drought, a common occurrence in this arid land, women had to do something to make ends meet. They probably indulged in some marauding of other tribes or, more likely, traders. Pretty soon they got so good at it the city states would pay them off to protect trade, their life blood, and when needed use them as warriors to dominate competing city states. A reputation that spread, probably intentionally, from China to Rome (or at least Persia/Greece).