Iranians Greeks in South Russia #222743

My own aim is different. In my short exposition I have tried to give a history of the South Russian lands in the prehistoric, the proto historic, and the classic periods down to the epoch of the migrations. By history I mean not a repetition of the scanty evidence preserved by the classical writers and illustrated by the archaeological material but an attempt to define the part played by South Russia in the history of the world in general, and to emphasize the contributions of South Russia to the civilization of mankind.