Sandakšatru
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Sandakshatru or Sandakuru was the last known Cimmerian king.
An Assyrian relief depicting Cimmerian mounted warriors
Lycian charioteer warriors.
A Thracian mounted warrior followed by a warrior on foot.
A relief depicting mounted Lydian warriors on slab of marble from a tomb.
Madyes
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Madyes was a Scythian king who ruled during the period of the Scythian presence in West Asia in the 7th century BCE.
Sandakšatru
…Soon after these Cimmerian attacks on Lydia, with Assyrian approval and in alliance with the Lydians, the Assyrians' Scythian allies under their king Madyes entered Anatolia. They expelled the Treres from Asia Minor and defeated the Cimmerians so that they no longer constituted a threat again. Following…
The Scythian kingdom in West Asia reached its maximum extent under Madyes's reign.
Madyes's maternal grandfather, the Assyrian king Esarhaddon.
Madyes's maternal uncle, the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal.