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Document Details : Title: Medes in Media, Mesopotamia, and Anatolia Subtitle: Empire, Hegemony, Domination or Illusion? Author(s): TUPLIN, Christopher Journal: Ancient West & East Volume: 3 Issue: 2 Date: 2004 Pages: 223-251 DOI: 10.2143/AWE.3.2.3291822 Abstract : The nature and even the existence of the Median empire has been the subject of controversy for a number of years. The present article revisits (I) Herodotus’ account, (II) certain items of indirect evidence, and (III) the non-Greek pre-Achaemenid material provided by texts (neo-Assyrian, neo-Babylonian and Hebrew) and archaeology (especially Anatolian) and argues the legitimacy of belief in Median domination in regions outside lowland Mesopotamia. |
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