Medes
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The Medes were an ancient Iranian people who established a powerful kingdom in western Iran, playing a key role in the downfall of the Assyrian Empire and later forming part of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Iranian people
→
ethnic group → historical people → |
| administrativeLegacy | satrapal system in the Achaemenid Empire → |
| alliedWith |
Neo-Babylonian Empire
→
Scythia →
surface form:
Scythians
|
| capital | Ecbatana → |
| capitalModernLocation |
Hamadan
→
surface form:
Hamadan, Iran
|
| continent | Asia → |
| coreTerritory | Media → |
| coreTerritoryModernLocation | northwestern and western Iran → |
| culturalInfluenceOn |
Achaemenid dynasty
→
surface form:
Achaemenid Persians
|
| economy |
agriculture
→
pastoralism → trade → |
| ethnoLinguisticGroup | Iranian peoples → |
| floruit | c. 700–550 BCE → |
| incorporatedInto | Achaemenid Empire → |
| involvedIn |
destruction of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
→
fall of Nineveh → |
| keyEvent | siege and capture of Nineveh in 612 BCE → |
| knownFor |
establishing a powerful kingdom in western Iran
→
forming part of the Achaemenid Persian Empire → role in the downfall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire → |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
→
surface form:
Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages → Iranian languages → |
| lastKing | Astyages NERFINISHED → |
| mentionedInSource |
Assyrian royal inscriptions
→
Babylonian chronicles → Herodotus → |
| militaryFeature |
archers
→
cavalry → |
| neighbor |
Assyrians
→
Babylonians → Persians → Kingdom of Urartu →
surface form:
Urartians
|
| overthrownBy | Cyrus the Great NERFINISHED → |
| politicalEntity | Median Kingdom → |
| predecessor | various local Iranian tribes in western Iran → |
| primaryRegion |
northwestern Iran
→
western Iran → |
| religion |
Zoroastrian-influenced beliefs
→
ancient Iranian religion → |
| ruler |
Astyages
→
Cyaxares → Deioces → Phraortes → |
| successor | Achaemenid Empire → |
| timePeriod |
6th century BCE
→
7th century BCE → early 1st millennium BCE → |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.