Scythians Drive the Cimmerians from Central Asia
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Barbarians, Nomads, Prehistoric Humans
- Curriculum: Middle Eastern History, Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Iraq, Turkey, Iran
- Date: 8th century
Article abstract: The Scythians hunted the Cimmerians, driving them out of the Volga River Valley, Armenia, the borders of Assyria, and Asia Minor.
Summary of Event
The Cimmerians, a nomadic people referred to in the Bible as the Gomer, were a militarily aggressive Indo-European people of Iranian lineage. The Cimmerians settled along the northern coast of what is today known as the Black Sea (known in ancient Greek literature as the Southern Sea), specifically in modern Ukraine east of the Dnieper River. Modern scholars believe that Cimmerian culture...
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