In this video podcast, we'll take a look at one of the most overlooked peoples of ancient history, the Medes, and reconstruct their early history using Assyrian, Babylonian and Greek sources, namely Herodotus (the Medes don't have any primary sources of their own). It was the Medes and the Median Empire that laid the foundation upon which the Achaemenid Persian Empire of Cyrus the Great and his descendants rested upon.
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APA Style
Cy, H. w. (2024, January 17). The Early Medes and the Median Empire (History of Ancient Iran) | Supplemental Podcast #3. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/video/3113/the-early-medes-and-the-median-empire-history-of-a/
Chicago Style
Cy, History with. "The Early Medes and the Median Empire (History of Ancient Iran) | Supplemental Podcast #3." World History Encyclopedia, January 17, 2024. https://www.worldhistory.org/video/3113/the-early-medes-and-the-median-empire-history-of-a/.
MLA Style
Cy, History with. "The Early Medes and the Median Empire (History of Ancient Iran) | Supplemental Podcast #3." World History Encyclopedia, 17 Jan 2024, https://www.worldhistory.org/video/3113/the-early-medes-and-the-median-empire-history-of-a/.
