Medes

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ancient Iranian people ethnic group historical people

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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Medes canonical	31
Persian tribes	1

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 ⓘ
mentionedInSource	Assyrian royal inscriptions ⓘ Babylonian chronicles ⓘ Herodotus ⓘ
militaryFeature	archers ⓘ cavalry ⓘ
neighbor	Assyrians ⓘ Babylonians ⓘ Persians ⓘ Kingdom of Urartu ⓘ surface form: Urartians
overthrownBy	Cyrus the Great ⓘ
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 (32)

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

Neo-Babylonian Empire → diplomaticRelation → Medes ⓘ

Achaemenid Empire → ethnicGroup → Medes ⓘ

Iranian peoples → hasPart → Medes ⓘ

Haran → capturedBy → Medes ⓘ

Median Empire → ethnicGroup → Medes ⓘ

Iranian plateau → historicallyInhabitedBy → Medes ⓘ

Indo-Iranian peoples → hasAncientGroup → Medes ⓘ

Mandane of Media → ethnicGroup → Medes ⓘ

Nabopolassar → ally → Medes ⓘ

Hamadan → foundedBy → Medes ⓘ

Amytis of Media → ethnicGroup → Medes ⓘ

Darius the Mede → associatedWithEmpire → Medes ⓘ

Persian army → recruitmentFrom → Medes ⓘ

Fall of Nineveh → combatant → Medes ⓘ

Median forces → ethnicComposition → Medes ⓘ

accession of Cyrus the Great → hasParticipant → Medes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian tribes

Media → ethnicGroup → Medes ⓘ

Median language → spokenBy → Medes ⓘ

royal court of the Medes → ethnicGroupServed → Medes ⓘ

Deioces → ethnicGroup → Medes ⓘ

Battle of Harran → belligerent → Medes ⓘ

Ashur-uballit II → conflict → Medes ⓘ

Fall of the Assyrian Empire → hasParticipant → Medes ⓘ

Babylonian revolt against Assyria → hasAlly → Medes ⓘ

Siege of Nineveh → belligerent → Medes ⓘ

Median Kingdom → ethnicGroup → Medes ⓘ

Astyages → ethnicGroup → Medes ⓘ

Median dynasty → ethnicGroup → Medes ⓘ

Median → usedBy → Medes ⓘ

Iranian dynasties → hasPart → Medes ⓘ

Japheth → ancestorOf → Medes ⓘ

Ancient Iran → hasPart → Medes ⓘ