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Cimmerians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1722 words) |
 | However, the ouster of the Catacomb culture is carbon-dated to the 2nd millennium BC, several hundred years before the Scythians are recorded as having appeared in Asia; the conflicting timeframes are difficult to reconcile. |
 | In 654 BC or 652 BC – the exact date is unclear – the Cimmerians attacked the kingdom of Lydia, killing the Lydian king Gyges and causing great destruction to the Lydian capital, Sardis. |
 | It is, however, conceivable that a small-scale (in terms of population) 8th century "Thraco-Cimmerian" migration triggered cultural changes that contributed to the transformation of the Urnfield culture into the Hallstatt C culture, ushering in the European Iron Age. |
| List of Kings of Urartu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (166 words) |
 | Ishpuinis the Establisher 828 BC-810 BC; expansion and conquest of Mushashir. |
 | Argishtis I (Argishtish I) 785-753 BC; fortified frontier. |
 | Rusas IV 598 BC-590 BC; raids of Assyrians, Medes and Scythians. |