The displacement of the Cimmerians Arrival of the Scythians A second wave of migration of Iranic nomads corresponded with the arrival of the early Scythians from Central Asia into the Caucasian Steppe, which started in the 9th century BC, when a significant movement of the nomadic peoples of the Eurasian Steppe started after the early Scythians were expelled out of Central Asia by either the Massagetae, who were a powerful nomadic Iranic tribe from Central Asia closely related to the Scythians, or by another Central Asian people called the Issedones, thus forcing the early Scythians to the west, across the Araxes river and into the Caspian and Ciscaucasian Steppes.
The displacement of the Cimmerians Arrival of the Scythians A second wave of migration of Iranic nomads corresponded with the arrival of the early Scythians from Central Asia into the Caucasian Steppe which started in the 9th century BC when a significant movement of the nomadic peoples of the Eurasian Steppe started after the early Scythians were expelled out of Central Asia by either the Massagetae who were a powerful nomadic Iranic tribe from Central Asia closely related to the Scythians or by another Central Asian people called the Issedones thus forcing the early Scythians to the west across the Araxes river and into the Caspian and Ciscaucasian Steppes