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Suppose that King Gyges of the emerging kingdom of Lydia Stayed up the night before battle with the invading Cimmerians didn't have his famouse dream and opened relations with Assyria and his killed earlier then OTL and his kingdom destroyed. What is the result? The Cimmerians continuing to expand until they conquer the the Greek cities in Asia Minor, destabilizing the Assyrian empire and maybe expanding into mainland Greece.... Could civilisation as we know it be destroyed or delayed? Herodotus writing on horsemanship and not history? Attica turned into grazing grounds? Athens razed to the ground? How would history be changed? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimmerians http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyges_of_Lydia