The Medes were an Iranian people, who lived innortheast portionthat country. Towardsend of7th century BC,large Median empire developed, which under Cyaxares helped overthrowpowerAssyria. Under his successor, Astyages,Persians -relatedsubject people - revolted under CyrusGreat,took overempire.
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