 It seems that his first known attacks were against the Greek coastal cities in Asia Minor.In 653 BCE he began to push at the mighty Assyrian Empire during the reign of Ashurbanipal.The Assyrian inscriptions speak of Tugdamme as being the "King of the Saka and Qutium" but the Assyrian inscriptions also call him by the title "Sar Kissati" which means "King of Kish" or "King of the world" which suggests that Tugdamme ruled a vast area of land.