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The Medo-Persian conflict was a military campaign led by the Median king Astyages against Persis in the mid 6th-century BCE. Classical sources claim that Persis had been a vassal of the Median kingdom that revolted against Median rule, but this is not confirmed by contemporary evidence.
The Medes[N 1] were an ancient Iranian people who spoke the Median language [N 2] and who inhabited an area known as Media between western and northern Iran. Around the 11th century BC, they occupied the mountainous region of northwestern Iran and the northeastern and eastern region of Mesopotamia in the vicinity of Ecbatana (present-day Hamadan).
The Medo-Persian Empire, also known as the Achaemenid Empire, was an ancient empire based in Southwest Asia. It was established by Cyrus the Great in 550 BCE and is often credited with being one of the largest and most influential empires of the Ancient World.
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The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, [16] also known as the Persian Empire[16] or First Persian Empire[17] (/ əˈkiːmənɪd /; Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐏂, Xšāça, lit. 'The Empire' [18] or 'The Kingdom' [19]), was an Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC.
Entries where "Medo-" occurs: Persian Empire: …to the Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BCE) conquered by Alexander the Great. Sometimes expanded to Medo-Persian Empire (translating Imperium Persarum et Medorum, "empire of (ruled by) Persians…
Medo-Persian translation in English - English Reverso dictionary, see also 'median strip, Mendelian, Médoc, memory span', examples, definition, conjugation
