It was said that Cimmerians mixed with Tumulus-Urnfield fusion when they raided through Asia Minor and south to Egypt between BC 15th and 12th centuries.
About 720 BC the Cimmerians were driven out of Europe across the Caucasus Mountains into Asia. Cimmerians were dislodge form their homeland by incoming Scythians who fought from their horses using bows and arrows as well as swords.
From the south in the year 714 BC, they constituted the Assyrian forces in the Mannaeans fortress along the border.
By the end of the 8th century BC the influx of Cimmerians was felt in all the peripheral states north and east of the Fertile Crescent.
After being defeated by the Assyrians under Sargon II, they headed westward into Asia Minor, where in 696-695 BC they conquered the Phrygians led by King Midas, who reportedly committed suicides after defeat.
Cimmerians then settled into a nomadic life in western Turkey until they were joined by Thracian warriors from Europe. By 626 BC the Cimmerian-Thracian warriors were destroyed by a combined force of Assyrians and Scythians.
The name Crimea, identifying a peninsula extending into the Baltic Sea is derived from the name of Cimmerians.
The ancient Cimmerians
