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Cimmerian & Scythian Invasions

720 BCE – 650 BCE

Nomadic Cimmerian warriors swept out of the steppes, destroying the kingdom of Phrygia and threatening Lydia and Assyria.

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Cimmerian & Scythian Invasions

720 BCE – 650 BCE

Nomadic Cimmerian warriors swept out of the steppes, destroying the kingdom of Phrygia and threatening Lydia and Assyria. The Scythians followed, raiding deep into the Near East — one of the earliest great nomadic invasions from the Eurasian steppe.

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