Sakaoj: Malsamoj inter versioj

La '''Sakaoj''' {{nowrap|([[Persa lingvo|Perse]]: <small>[[Malnovpersa lingvo|malnove]]</small> ''Sakā'',}} <small>[[Persa lingvo|nove]]</small>&nbsp;{{lang|ps|'''ساکا'''}}; {{lang-sa|''Śaka''}}; [[Greka lingvo|greke]] Σάκαι, ''Sákai''; {{lang-la|Sacae}}; {{lang-zh|塞}}, <small>malnove</small>&nbsp;''*Sək'', <small>[[pinyin|mod.]]</small>&nbsp;''Sāi'') estis la termino uzita en fontoj en [[Mezpersa lingvo|Persa]] kaj [[Sanskrito]] por [[Skitoj]], granda grupo de [[Irana lingvaro|orientaj]] [[Iranaj popoloj|iranaj]] [[Eŭrazio|Eŭraziaj]] [[nomado|nomadaj]] triboj de la [[Eŭrazia Stepo]].<ref name="West">{{harvnb|West|2009|pp=713–717}}</ref><ref name="EBScythian">{{cite web |url=http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/530361/Scythian |author= |title=Scythian |publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica Online]] rete |accessdate=January18a de 18Januaro, 2015}}</ref><ref>P. Lurje, “[http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/yarkand Yārkand]”, Encyclopædia Iranica, onlinereta editioneldono</ref> ModernModernaj scholarsfakuloj usuallykutime useuzas thela termterminon ''Saka'' topor referreferenci toal IraniansIrananoj ofde thela EasternOrienta SteppeStepo andkaj thela Tarimbaseno BasinTarim.<ref name="beckwith"/> [[René Grousset]] wrote that they formed a particular branch of the "[[Sarmatians|Scytho-Sarmatian family]]" originating from nomadic Iranian peoples of the northwestern steppe in [[Eurasia]].<ref name=Rene>{{Cite book |last=Grousset |first=Rene |title=The Empire of the Steppes |publisher=Rutgers University Press |year=1970 |isbn=0-8135-1304-9 |pages=29–31}}</ref> In the [[Tarim Basin]] and [[Taklamakan desert]] region of [[Northwest China]], they founded the settlements of [[Khotan]] and [[Kashgar]], as well as the [[Kingdom of Khotan]] that was at various times a [[vassal]] to greater powers, such as the [[Han dynasty|Han]] and [[Tang dynasty|Tang]] dynasties of [[History of China|Imperial China]].