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As for the Cimmerian and Scythian presence in Asia, in general it had practically no significant influence on the history of the lands of the region. The interpretation of the two texts enclosed — the letter of astrologist Akkullanu of 657 B.C. and the story of Herodotus (1.105) of the Scythian invasion of Palestine does not allow to view them as a definite prove of the Cimmerian power as well as of the Scythian domination of Asia.

The contradictions between the cuneiform texts and the evidence of Greek historians lie in fact that they describe two distinct periods when the Cimmerians and the Scythians were present in the lands of the Ancient East. The military and political leadership of the Cimmerians in relation to the Scythians, as it is reflected in cuneiform texts before the 640-s B.C. and testified by the Bible, is absent in Herodotus' narrative. Herodotus was aware of some of the events of 'the last chapter' of the history of these peoples in Asia Minor, in which the principal part belonged to the so called Scythians of Madius.

5. The end of the Median dynasty. Due to the coup d'etat of 550 B.C. a new dynasty came to power in the Median state. The throne was occupied by the ruler of a small vassal kingdom of Anshan in the south of the Median kingdom — Cyrus II the Achaemenid. Cyrus and his successors accomplished the process started by the Medes — they created the Achaemenid Empire. It was a continuation and at the same time a new stage in the development of the Iranian state founded by the Median kings.

The end of the Median dynasty

The suggested solution of the problems considered here allows to understand the important part played by the Median kingdom in the history of the Ancient East. In spite of a comparatively short period of its domination, the written sources studied in this work reflect its importance. The Iranian religion, art and culture take roots in the Median period. Media was a cultural mediator between the lands of the Ancient Near East and the Achaemenid state. The Iranian state of the 7th–4th centuries B.C. can be considered as a Medio-Persian.