Scythian dominance of the Pontic steppe
700 BCE–300 BCE · Event
Iranian-speaking horse-archers dominate the steppe north of the Black Sea and raid deep into West Asia.
On these timelines: Master, The Silk Road & the Steppe, Persia and Iran
Around 700 BCE
- Homer's Iliad and Odyssey (750 BCE)
- Founding of Rome (traditional) (753 BCE)
- Cyrus the Great (600 BCE)
- Upanishads composed (800 BCE)
- Neo-Babylonian Empire (626 BCE)
- Homer (800 BCE)
- Greek alphabet developed (800 BCE)
- Spring and Autumn period (771 BCE)
- Reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (605 BCE)
- Rise of the polis (750 BCE)