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Black Sea waters presented some difficulties for the ancient Mediterranean Greeks who navigated what poetically came to be called Yet, despite the unpredictability of this ancient body of water for seafarers the surrounding coast of the Black Sea became a stopping point for many ancient tribes and peoples that continued to move northward and westward across Central Asia and Asia Minor into Eastern Some of whom included the Thracians, Cimmerians, Scythians and later the Mycenaeans, Greeks and Sarmatians. Some of whom left a lasting influence in the region of the Black Sea. By the 8th century the Black Sea region fell largely under the control of the Cimmerians who were later pushed by the Scythians farther into Asia Minor and expectedly northward beyond the Pontic steppes into those lands that are now within the bounds of modern-day Ukraine, However, even though the Scythians had pushed many of the Cimmerian tribes out of this  region of the Black Sea there still remained a remnant of Cimmerians in Crimea, particularly in the narrow lands bordering the Strait of Kerch.  This narrow seaway links the Black Sea with the northern Sea of Azov, and the Greeks who sailed this waterway called it the Strait of the Cimmerian Bosphorus, which is situated between the Taman and Crimean peninsulas within the current bounds of the Russian Federation.  (The Romans called it the Neo-As*yrian Empire and the eventual overthrow of Samaria in northern Israel, when many Samarian-Israelites were deported into lands that buffered the As*yrian Empire, mostly north and east of Babylon.  Nearly a century later, while the Neo-As*yrians continued to be the dominant empire in Mesopotamia and the Middle East, the Black Sea region began to experience renewed Greek explorations that led to additional settlements along the northern and eastern coastal areas of the Black Sea. Map shows peninsula of Crimea south of Ukraine. In 2014 Crimea became a highly disputed territory, which has led to greater political