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c. 1000 BCEScythians migrate from Persia into the Asian steppes.
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700 BCE - 300 BCEScythians dominate the western Asian steppes.
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c. 676 BCEScythians and Mannaens attack Assyria.
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612 BCENineveh is sacked and burned by combined forces of Babylonians and Medes.
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c. 600 BCE - c. 300 BCEThe Scythians prosper north of the Black Sea.
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520 BCEDarius I of Persia fights the Scythians (not very successfully).
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c. 513 BCE - c. 512 BCEDarius I of Persia campaigns against Scythians into European Scythia, past the Danube River, Scythians refuse to fight and Darius is forced to abandon the campaign due to lack of provisions.
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500 BCE - 300 BCERich Scythian burials.
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350 BCEThe Scythians have absorbed a lot of Greek culture; Scythian artefacts show Greek-style depictions.
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342 BCEPhilip II leads a military expedition against the Scythians.
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339 BCEPhilip II of Macedon fights the Scythians.
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329 BCEAlexander the Great wins a decisive battle at the Iaxartes river against the Scythians.
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300 BCESarmatians conquer the Scythians.
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c. 200 BCE - c. 100 BCEScythians tribes migrate into Bactria, Sogdiana and Arachosia.
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177 BCEThe Yuezhi Confederation conquers the Sakas of Issyk Lake.
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c. 145 BCEEucratidia is taken by the Sakas.
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c. 139 BCEEucratidia is looted to the ground by the Yuezhei.
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c. 80 BCE - c. 75 CEThe combined Scytho-Parthians rule Gandhara.
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c. 100 CEBy the end of first century CE, Scythians (Sakas) manage to establish their sway in central and south-eastern India.
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350 CEBeginning of Sarmatian expansion into Scythians territory.
