sentences:  After being defeated and driven from the Near East, in the first half of the 6th century BC, Scythians had to re-conquer lands north of the Black Sea.In the second half of that century, Scythians succeeded in dominating the agricultural tribes of the forest-steppe and placed them under tribute.As a result, their state was reconstructed with the appearance of the Second Scythian Kingdom which reached its zenith in the 4th century BC.