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The Cimmerians, a nomadic people, flee south across the Caucasus Mountains to avoid the pursuing nomadic Scythians. Assyrian spies near Urartu in northeast Anatolia are the first to recognize the Cimmerians, horse-borne warriors who inflict defeats on the Urartians, Assyrians, Phrygians, and Lydians. According to Herodotus, Lydian king Alyattes finally drives the Cimmerians out of Anatolia.
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