☀️🏔🥹🫠The Medes: The First Iranian Empire in the Iranian Plateau The Medes were an ancient people who established the first Iranian Empire in the 7th century BCE in the region of present-day western Iran. Their capital was Ecbatana (modern-day Hamadan). By uniting various Iranian tribes under one rule, they created a strong and influential state. The Medes played a key role in the fall of the Assyrian Empire, changing the political balance of the ancient Near East. In 550 BCE, their kingdom wa

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