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Question: Are the people of massaga of Alexander and massagatees who killed cyrus are the same people !?
cyrus the great was killed by massagatees wrote by herodotus
and the Alexander the great conquered massagaWww@QuestionHome@Com


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both are same people,but intersting thing is this place massaga is located in pakistan than the cyrus grave must present in pakistan
massaga is discover by sir olf cairo the last governer of north west frontier province of indian british govt and he mention this in his book THE PATHANWww@QuestionHome@Com

Yes, they are the same Massagetae, one of the nomadic horse-archer tribes collectively referred to as Scythians (pronounced 'Skythians')!.

Cyrus defeated a portion of their army by a stratagem, but lost a subsequent battle with their main army!.

Alexander defeated them with one of his specialities, an opposed river crossing!. Having landed his force, he let his opponents crowd each other, then launched a devastating charge which broke them instantly and beyond hope of rallying, then pursued them the rest of the day!.

After the battle, he released the prisoners he had taken, telling them to go to their king and thank him for the sport!. This psychological stroke so impressed the Scythians that they became Alexander's allies shortly afterwards!.Www@QuestionHome@Com