Daniel gives an account of the reign of Darius the Mede, who was made viceroy by Cyrus ( Dan. Soon afterwards Isaiah ( 13:17 21:2) speaks of the part taken by the Medes in the destruction of Babylon (comp. The "cities of the Medes" are first mentioned in connection with the deportation of the Israelites on the destruction of Samaria ( 2 Kings 17:6 18:11). It rose with Cyaxares, its first king, and it passed away with him for during the reign of his son and successor Astyages, the Persians waged war against the Medes and conquered them, the two nations being united under one monarch, Cyrus the Persian (B.C. But it did not long exist as an independent kingdom. Media now rose to a place of great power, vastly extending its boundaries.
625), thus putting an end to the Assyrian monarchy ( Nah. This monarch entered into an alliance with the king of Babylon, and invaded Assyria, capturing and destroying the city of Nineveh (B.C. From this subjection they achieved deliverance, and formed themselves into an empire under Cyaxares (B.C. They consisted for three or four centuries of a number of tribes, each ruled by its own chief, who at length were brought under the Assyrian yoke ( 2 Kings 17:6). They appear to have been a branch of the Aryans, who came from the east bank of the Indus, and were probably the predominant race for a while in the Mesopotamian valley. We first hear of this people in the Assyrian cuneiform records, under the name of Amada, about B.C. Madai, which is rendered in the Authorized Version (1) "Madai," Gen. Patrial from 4074 a Madian or native of Madai:-Mede. (Aramaic) corresponding to 4074:-Mede(-s).ġa) located northwest of Persia proper, south and southwest of the Northwest of the great salt desert of Iram Of foreign derivation Madai, a country of centralĢa) located northwest of Persia proper, south and southwest of theĬaspian Sea, east of Armenia and Assyria, and west and Of Persia proper, south and southwest of the Caspian Sea, east ofĪrmenia and Assyria, and west and northwest of the great salt
1) a people descended from the son of Japheth and who inhabitedĢ) land inhabited by the descendants of Japheth located northwest
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