Editing Cimmerians (section)

====Impact in West Asia====
The inroads of the Cimmerians and the Scythians into West Asia over the course of the 8th to 7th centuries BC had destabilised the political balance which had prevailed in the region between the dominant great powers of Assyria, Urartu, and Phrygia,{{sfn|Adalı|2017|p=75}} and also caused the decline and destruction of several of these states' power, consequently led to the rise of multiple new powers such as the empires of the [[Medes]] and [[Lydians]],{{sfn|Adalı|2017|p=73}} thus irreversibly changing the geopolitical situation of West Asia.{{sfn|Phillips|1972|p=129}}{{sfn|Adalı|2017|p=75-77}}

The Cimmerian and Scythian activities in West Asia also hampered the development of trade, and overland trade routes in the region such as the [[Great Khorasan Road]] likely became dangerous to use, while also preventing the formation of new trade routes.{{sfn|de Boer|2006|p=45}}

These Cimmerian and Scythian activities also influenced the developments in West Asia through the spread of the steppe nomad military technology brought by them into this region, and which were disseminated during the periods of their respective hegemonies in West Asia.{{sfn|Adalı|2017|p=75}}