Median Empire

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ancient Iranian state ancient empire historical polity

The Median Empire was an ancient Iranian kingdom that dominated much of the Near East in the 7th–6th centuries BCE before being absorbed into the Achaemenid Persian Empire.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Iranian state → ancient empire → historical polity →
ally	Neo-Babylonian Empire →
capital	Ecbatana → Hamadan region →
conqueredBy	Achaemenid Empire →
continent	Asia →
culture	Iranian →
currency	metal bullion →
dissolvedBy	Cyrus the Great →
endTime	6th century BCE →
era	Classical antiquity → Iron Age →
ethnicGroup	Medes →
event	fall of Nineveh →
followedBy	Achaemenid Empire →
governmentType	monarchy →
hasPart	Median satrapies and provinces →
historicalSource	Babylonian chronicles → Herodotus →
knownFor	formation of one of the first Iranian empires → overthrow of Assyrian dominance in the Near East →
language	Median language →
legislativeBody	royal court of the Medes →
military	cavalry-based army →
notableRuler	Astyages → Cyaxares → Deioces → Phraortes →
participantIn	destruction of the Neo-Assyrian Empire →
partOf	history of Iran → history of the Near East →
precededBy	Neo-Assyrian Empire (in parts of its territory) →
region	Ancient Iran → Near East →
religion	ancient Iranian religion → early Zoroastrian traditions →
startTime	7th century BCE →
successorState	Achaemenid Persian Empire →
territoryIncludes	Media → parts of Mesopotamia → parts of eastern Anatolia → parts of the Zagros Mountains region → parts of western Iran →
titleOfHeadOfGovernment	king →
titleOfHeadOfState	king →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cyrus the Great → Cyrus the Great →	conquered
Mandane of Media →	associatedWithEmpire
King of Media →	associatedWithPolity
King of Media →	country
Cambyses I →	overlord
Achaemenid Empire →	precededBy
Hamadan →	significantFor
Assyria →	successor