In what century did the Scythian state appear on the territory between the Don and the Danube?

Correct answer: VII BC

Scythian tribes took control of the steppes of the Northern Black Sea region from the Don to the Danube in the 7th century BC, displacing the Cimmerians. It is this territory that is called Scythia in ancient sources. The Scythians are a nomadic Iranian-speaking people, divided into many tribes. They existed in these territories until the 3rd century BC. e., when they were supplanted by the Sarmatians. In the 3-4th century AD, the Scythians in the Crimea and in Dobrudja (south of the Danube) were defeated and assimilated by the Goths and Huns during the Great Migration.