_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ a UNESCO Center for the Rapprochement of Cultures in Almaty, Karaganda University (Saryarka Archaeological Institute), Kazakhstan. *Corresponding author: E-mail: vnovozhenov@gmail.com; Chapter 6 Print ISBN: 978-93-5547-116-1, eBook ISBN: 978-93-5547-123-9 Between Persia and China: Whence the Cimmerians Came? Victor A. Novozhenov a* DOI: 10.9734/bpi/rdass/v1/15427D ABSTRACT The main cultural and historical processes in the Ancient World were determined by Eurasian communication of the Early Nomads, which combined remote regions and civilizations, forming a branched of the trans-continental channels of distribution excellence, and inventions of various goods, which stimulated the evolution, development, and production of its own vehicles. This assumption is based on a thorough examination of relevant written, pictorial, and archaeological sources; facts support the notion that the Cimmerians of the inland areas originated in Central Asia, as well as evidence of widespread chariot and cavalry use. The historical Cimmerians are identified by the author as carriers of Karasuk archaeological culture and its derivatives. Keywords: communications; wheeled transport; Asian chariots; Karasuk culture; Cimmerians; Saka; Xiongnu; Persepolis; Ecbathanae; Pasargadae; Akhemenid Empire; Darius the Great; Cyrus the Great; Qin Empire; Qin Shikhuang (di); Pasyryk culture; North Eurasia; North Pre-Black Sea; Central Asia. ABBREVIATIONS ASGE - Archaeological Collection of the State Hermitage Museum – St. Petersburg AEAE - Archaeology, Ethnography and Anthropology of Eurasia – Novosibirsk BMAK - Bactrian-Margian archaeological complex VAN - Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences – Alma-Ata GIM - State Historical Museum – Moscow ZTKA - WTQ Atlas. Western Türkic Qaganate – Astana, 2013 IA RAS - Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences – Moscow IAET SB RAS - Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences – Novosibirsk IIAE AN Kaz SSR - Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography named after Ch. C. Valikhanov of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR – Alma-Ata IIMK RAS - Institute of the History of Material Culture of the RAS – St. Petersburg IA NAN RK / IA MES RK - A. Kh. Margulan Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences / Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Alma-Ata / Almaty IIKN NAS KR - Institute of History and Cultural Heritage of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic – Bishkek KazNU - Al-Farabi Kazakh National University – Almaty KSU - Karaganda University named after academician E. A. Buketov – Karaganda KemSU - Kemerovo State University KSIA - Brief Communications of the Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR – Moscow: Science