Medes

Median Empire Mādai
c. 678 BC–549 BC
A map of the Median Empire; based on Herodotus
Caipital	Ecbatana
Common leids	Median
Releegion	Old Iranian religion (related to Mithraism, early Zoroastrianism)
Govrenment	Monarchy
King
• 678–665 BC	Deioces or Kashtariti
• 665–633 BC	Phraortes
• 625–585 BC	Cyaxares
• 589–549 BC	Astyages
Historical era	Iron Age
• Established	c. 678 BC
• Conquered by Cyrus the Great	549 BC
Aurie
585 BC[1][2]	2,800,000 km2 (1,100,000 sq mi)
Precedit bi Succeedit bi Neo-Assyrian Empire Urartu Achaemenid Empire

The Medes^{[N 1]} (/miːdz/, Auld Persie Māda-, Ancient Greek: Μῆδοι, Hebrew: מָדַי‬) war an auncient Iranian fowk^{[N 2]} wha lived in an aurie kent as Medie (northwestren Iran) an who spoke the Median leid.

1. ↑ Turchin, Peter; Adams, Jonathan M.; Hall, Thomas D (December 2006). "East-West Orientation of Historical Empires". Journal of world-systems research. 12 (2): 223. ISSN 1076-156X. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
2. ↑ Taagepera, Rein (1979). "Size and Duration of Empires: Growth-Decline Curves, 600 B.C. to 600 A.D." Social Science History. 3 (3/4): 121. doi:10.2307/1170959. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
3. ↑ OED Online "entry Mede, n.".:
4. ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica Online Media (ancient region, Iran)