Persian conquest of the Median Empire

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military campaign war

The Persian conquest of the Median Empire was the mid-6th century BC campaign in which Cyrus the Great overthrew the Median king Astyages and transformed Persia into the dominant imperial power in the ancient Near East.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Achaemenid conquest of Media	1
Persian revolt under Cyrus the Great	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military campaign ⓘ war ⓘ
approximateDate	between 553 BC and 550 BC ⓘ
capitalCaptured	Ecbatana NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronology	took place in the mid-6th century BC ⓘ
commander	Astyages NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyrus the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictType	conquest ⓘ
dynasticConsequence	replacement of the Median royal house by the Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ
endTime	circa 550 BC ⓘ
followedBy	Persian conquest of Babylon NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian conquest of Lydia ⓘ
hasKeyEvent	Battle of Pasargadae NERFINISHED ⓘ capture of Ecbatana ⓘ revolt of Cyrus against Astyages ⓘ
historicalRegion	ancient Near East NERFINISHED ⓘ
ledBy	Cyrus II of Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ
legacy	remembered as the foundational conquest of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
mainBelligerent	Achaemenid Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ Median Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBalance	Persian forces versus Median forces ⓘ
opposedBy	Astyages of Media NERFINISHED ⓘ
outcome	incorporation of Median nobility into the Achaemenid administration ⓘ
participant	Median army ⓘ Persian army NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	rise of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
place	Iranian plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ Media NERFINISHED ⓘ Persis NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalConsequence	creation of a unified Iranian empire under Persian rule ⓘ transfer of imperial authority from Medes to Persians ⓘ
predecessor	Median domination over Persia ⓘ
relatedTo	Achaemenid expansion NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyrus the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ Median Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ history of Iran ⓘ
result	Persian control over former Median territories ⓘ Persian victory ⓘ establishment of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ fall of the Median Empire ⓘ
significance	ended Median hegemony over western Iran ⓘ laid foundations for later Persian expansion into Lydia and Babylonia ⓘ marked the rise of Persia as a major imperial power in the ancient Near East ⓘ
sourceTradition	Babylonian chronicles NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek historiography ⓘ
startTime	circa 553 BC ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

accession of Cyrus the Great → followedBy → Persian conquest of the Median Empire ⓘ

royal court of the Medes → dissolvedFollowing → Persian conquest of the Median Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Achaemenid conquest of Media

Median Kingdom → demiseReason → Persian conquest of the Median Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian revolt under Cyrus the Great