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Latest comment: 4 years ago by Kmhkmh in topic Sources needed

Sources needed

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This unsourced section was moved here, until proper are found/provided, then it may move back into the article.--Kmhkmh (talk) 13:06, 8 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

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There were two reasons for the war: the two sides had clashing interests in Anatolia, but also there was a motive of vengeance: some Scythian hunters employed by the Medes who once returned empty-handed were insulted by King Cyaxares. In revenge the hunters slaughtered one of his sons and served him to the Medes. The hunters then fled to Sardis, the capital of the Lydians. When Cyaxares asked for the Scythians to be returned to him, King Alyattes refused to hand them over; in response, the Medes invaded.[citation needed]