title: Whence the Cimmerians Came? Transcontinental Communications of the Early Nomads in the Lights of the Origin of the Cimmerians
abstract: A curious situation recorded ancient cuneiform documents Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Empire VII-VI cent. BC. In the Babylonian literary tradition word Cimmerians describes, as a rule, all known to the Babylonians the nomadic peoples of the country: the Scythians, Sakas and, obviously, the actual Cimmerians and their country Gumiraia. In Assyria of VII cent. BC term Cimmerian (gumirayia) opposite used as the name of two independent nation, along with the Central Asian Sakas-ayshkuzayya: haumavarg
journal: Journal of Historical Archaeology & Anthropological Sciences