- Medes - Wikipedia
The Medes within the Achaemenid Empire enjoyed a similar status to the Persians and made up a large part of its ruling class, so much so that the Greek frequently called the Persians, Medes and coined the term "Medizing" to refer to "pro-Persian" policies
- Medes - World History Encyclopedia
The Medes or Medians were a group of Indo-Iranian-speaking people from central Asia who migrated to northern Iran around the end of the 2nd millennium BCE By the end of the 7th century BCE, they founded the kingdom of Media, which was absorbed into the Achaemenid Empire by Cyrus II c 550 BCE
- 6. The Medes And The Persians - bible. org
First mention of the Medes in Scripture is found in the prophetic utterance of Isaiah when he declared 175 years before it was fulfilled, “Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it” (Isaiah 13:17; cp 21:2)
- Topical Bible: Medes and Persians
The Medes were an ancient Iranian people who inhabited the region known as Media, located in present-day northwestern Iran They are first mentioned in the Bible in the context of the Assyrian Empire
- Medes and Media - Jewish Virtual Library
The Medes, located in the Kermanshah-Hamadan (Ecbatana) region, are more prominent in Assyrian texts than the Persians The Assyrian kings distinguish two groups of Medes inside the empire, and the distant Medes (madaya rūqūti)
- Mede | people | Britannica
Oracc - Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses - The Medes, purveyors of fine horses The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies - Medes, the First (Western) Iranian Kingdom
- History of Medes Empire in Ancient Iran | Destination Iran
The Medes were an ancient Iranian ethnic group that established a powerful empire in Northwestern Iran during the first millennium B C , known for their role in overthrowing the Assyrian Empire and contributing to the rise of the Persian Empire
- Medes - Wikiwand
Knowledge of the Medes comes only from foreign sources such as the Assyrians, Babylonians, Armenians and Greeks, as well as a few Iranian archaeological sites, which are believed to have been occupied by Medes
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