Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Early Western World
6. Near Eastern (Early Western World)
7. Persian (culture)
8. Persian styles

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the culture and style of art produced in the vast region stretching from the northern Black Sea area to China associated with martial nomadic groups in the first millennium BCE. The style is characterized by connections with Thracian, Iranian, Hellenistic, and Central Asian art and was used particularly for chased and embossed metalwork.