POL SCI 50R Lecture Notes - Cyrus Cylinder, Acculturation, Cyaxares
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Review: the first occurrence of the medes iranian immigration on the first plateau, the assyrian chronicles record the arrival of iranians on the plateau- they are the. Assyrians and the medes: the medes took over the assyrian empire with the aid of the babylonians from. He wrote the history of the empire during the battles of the greek and persian empire. In addition, he wrote about the medes, providing legends and myths of leader dahuka (first person the lead the medes). He was followed by several kings, most importantly cyaxares(?) of hoovakhshaftra (the one who is in possession of the something). Evidence of who was who: the architecture of these cities shows the structure of power within said cities. Many farsi terms, such as shah, satrap, etc, show that the. Medes had the first empire and reflected the important names (emperor, empire, more) in our current language. The medes were first to have a large scale empire, and the.
