History is not my chosen discipline so I apologize in advance if the question is ill phrased or my understanding of how the study of history operates is flawed.

I've been trying to discover more about the Scythians and have found that besides not being a proper empire, we know very little of them compared to the more famous civilizations of antiquity like the Hellnic people and the Hebrew tribes. In fact, much of what we know descends from what the Greeks have chosen to write of them (same for the Philistines in relation to the Hebrews). One common theme of these celebrity civilizations is their devotion to the written word and their liberal use of it from recording important events, tracking business transactions, and for purposes of leisure. We can detect historical figures like Aristotle, Heraclitus, and Moses and track their direct influence to the present day. Not much the same with those societies marganiziled by historical record.

My question is how much do these forgotten tribes influence the daily lives of people today and could we tell if they do? Are their any aspects of social interaction, law, science, religion, or other aspects of the human experience that can be directly attributed to the Scythians or to other such people who did not value written language?