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.

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Label	Occurrences
Median Empire canonical	26

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Iranian state ⓘ ancient empire ⓘ historical polity ⓘ
ally	Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
capital	Ecbatana ⓘ Hamedan Province ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: 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	Assyria ⓘ surface form: Neo-Assyrian Empire (in parts of its territory)
region	Persia ⓘ surface form: Ancient Iran Middle East ⓘ surface form: Near East
religion	ancient Iranian religion ⓘ early Zoroastrian traditions ⓘ
startTime	7th century BCE ⓘ
successorState	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: 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 (26)

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

Cyrus the Great → conquered → Median Empire ⓘ

Achaemenid Empire → precededBy → Median Empire ⓘ

Assyria → successor → Median Empire ⓘ

King of Media → associatedWithPolity → Median Empire ⓘ

King of Media → country → Median Empire ⓘ

King of Persia → conquered → Median Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Cyrus the Great

Mandane of Media → associatedWithEmpire → Median Empire ⓘ

Cambyses I → overlord → Median Empire ⓘ

Hamadan → significantFor → Median Empire ⓘ

Ecbatana → traditionalCapitalOf → Median Empire ⓘ

Ecbatana → partOf → Median Empire ⓘ

Median forces → partOf → Median Empire ⓘ

Median forces → country → Median Empire ⓘ

accession of Cyrus the Great → hasParticipant → Median Empire ⓘ

royal court of the Medes → partOf → Median Empire ⓘ

royal court of the Medes → country → Median Empire ⓘ

royal court of the Medes → appliesToJurisdiction → Median Empire ⓘ

Deioces → realm → Median Empire ⓘ

Alyattes II → formedAllianceWith → Median Empire ⓘ

Alyattes II → neighboringPower → Median Empire ⓘ

Cyaxares → country → Median Empire ⓘ

Astyages → country → Median Empire ⓘ

Astyages → lastRulerOf → Median Empire ⓘ

Astyages → partOf → Median Empire ⓘ

Median dynasty → country → Median Empire ⓘ

Median → associatedWith → Median Empire ⓘ