Following a brief war with Odrysia, this group established a protectorate over Olbia, and their other notable military achievements include a victory over an army led by Kastaritu, who had besieged Nineveh, as well as forcing Psamtik I of Egypt to pay them tribute.
The last recorded ruler of these people was Palakus, and another of their notable rulers was Ateas, who was killed fighting Philip II of Macedon. Following a brief war with Odrysia, this group established a protectorate over Olbia, and their other notable military achievements include a victory over an army led by Kastaritu, who had besieged Nineveh, as well as forcing Psamtik I of Egypt to pay them tribute. A characteristic feature of the culture of these peoples was their burial mound, or kurgan, which served as the sources for their distinctive zoomorphic art. Most of these kurgans were located in the place identified by Herodotus as Gerrhi, the burial place of their kings, located in the lower Dnieper valley. These people first moved west during the 8th century B.C.E., displacing the Cimmerians, and were themselves supplanted by the Sarmatians. For ten points, identify these Iranian peoples who established a long-lasting empire in southeast Russia and fought with the Medes and Persians.
The last recorded ruler of these people was Palakus, and another of their notable rulers was Ateas, who was killed fighting Philip II of Macedon.
Scythians or Asguzai or Isguzai or Askenaz