.^ The Medes were very closely related to the Scythians and lived in central Iran, while the Persians lived in ancient Elam in southwestern Iran.
^ A: This used to be the capital city of the ancient kingdom of Elam, which is in the southwest part of modern Iran.
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It is separated from
Armenia
and the lowlands on the
Tigris
(Assyria) by the mighty ranges of the Zagros (mountains of
Kurdistan; in its northern parts probably called Choatras, Plin. v.
98), and in the north by the valley of the Araxes (Aras).
.^ In High Mountains Rising: Appalachia in Time and Place , eds.- WVU Libraries: Appalachian Bibliography: Mass Media, Stereotypes 10 January 2010 10:25 UTC www.libraries.wvu.edu [Source type: Academic]
The greater part of Media is a mountainous plateau,
about3000-5000ft. above the sea; but it contains some fertile
plains. The climate is temperate, with cold winters, in strong
contrast to the
damp and
unwholesome
air of the shores of the
Caspian, where the mountains are covered with a rich vegetation.
Media contains only one river, which reaches the sea, the Sefid Rud
(Amardus), which flows into the Caspian; but a great many streams
are exhausted after a short course, and in the north-west is a
large lake, the lake of Urumiah or
Urmia. 1 From the mountains in the west spring
some great tributaries of the Tigris, viz. the Diyala (Gyndes) and
the Kerkheh (Choaspes).
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Rai, near
Teheran), in the region of the "Caspian gates,"
reaches to the foot of the Elburz chain. On a tract of about 150 m.
the western part of Iran is connected with the east (Khorasan,
Parthyaea) only by a narrow district (Choarene and Comisene), where
human dwellings and small villages can exist.
.^ Historical Facts 1.1 The Medes history is reconstructed exclusively from Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, and Greek sources, since no Medean writing has been found.
^ Necho II came to the throne in 658 B .C.E. He maintained a strong foreign involvement by taking Palestine as an Egyptian possession once again (this is described in the Bible in the second Book of Kings) and recruited the displaced Ionian Greeks to form an Egyptian navy.- "Question for Jehovah's witness" | Página 1030 | Foros de MySpace 6 February 2010 12:26 UTC forums.myspace.com [Source type: Original source]
^ "As Widengren notes, 'both Medes and Persians were often called simply Medes by the Greeks, and this usage evidently dates from the first contact between Greeks in Ionia and Iranians of the west."
in his wars against the
tribes of the Zagros received the
tribute of the Amadai (this form, with
prosthetic
a-, which occurs only here,
has many analogies in the names of Iranian tribes). His successors
under took many expeditions against the Medes (Madai).
Sargon in 715 and 713 subjected
them "to the far mountain Bikni,"
i.e. the Elburz
(Demavend) and the borders of the desert.
.^ Protestants are not demonising the catholic religion they are merely learning what scientists have said before.- Sinister Sites: The EU Parliament | The Vigilant Citizen 6 February 2010 12:26 UTC vigilantcitizen.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The was likely the individual mentioned here under the name Darius.
In spite of different attempts of some chieftains to shake off the
Assyrian yoke (cf. the information obtained from prayers to the
Sun-god for oracles against these rebels: Knudtzon,
Assyrische
Gebete an den Sonnengott), Media remained tributary to
Assyria under Sargon's
successors,
Sennacherib,
Esar-haddon and
Assur-bani pal.
Herodotus, i. tor,
gives a list of six
.^ Why the author is more angry that the photos were taken and released than over the acts which took place; Harm which came from publication of the photos; Criticism of the U.S. media as well as the military.- Mass Media 10 January 2010 10:25 UTC www.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
But the Iranian Medes
were not the only inhabitants of the country. The names in the
Assyrian inscriptions prove that the tribes in the Zagros and the
northern parts of Media were not Iranians nor Indo-Europeans, but
an aboriginal population, like the early inhabitants of Armenia,
perhaps connected with the numerous tribes of the
Caucasus.
1 Anc. Mantiane,
Strabo xi.
529; Martiane, Ptol. vi. 2, 5, probably identical with the name
Matiane, Matiene, by which Herodotus i. 189, 202, iii. 94, v. 49,
52 (in i. 72 and vii.
.^ The names seemed to serve the purpose of reminding them that they were a conquered people, and exalting the Babylonian gods.
v.
44, 9; Strabo i. 49, ii 73, xi. 5 0 9, 5 1 4, 5 2 3, 525; Plin vi.
48, designate the northern part of Media.
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But the Gelae, Tapuri, Cadusii, Amardi, Utii and other
tribes in northern Media and on the shores of the Caspian were not
Iranians. With them
Polybius v. 44, 9, Strabo xi. 507, 508, 514,
and
Pliny vi.
.^ To all the people claiming they have the ultimate and correct viewpoint on these matters please remember one point, it is us against them and not us against each other.- Sinister Sites: The EU Parliament | The Vigilant Citizen 6 February 2010 12:26 UTC vigilantcitizen.com [Source type: Original source]
^ It is to this innate need of belief that one might justly give the name of natural religion; and all which tends to clip the wings of these beliefs is, on the religious plane, in opposition to nature.- Arnold: Send California prisoners to Mexico 6 February 2010 12:26 UTC www.prisonplanet.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He looks more like the mafioso – frequently the ones assigned a so-called ‘italian nationality’ – when, in reality, they are part of the ‘jewish nation’, with names like Siegal.- Sinister Sites: The EU Parliament | The Vigilant Citizen 6 February 2010 12:26 UTC vigilantcitizen.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Darius I, the son of Hystaspes/Vishtaspa , was a Persian (not a Mede) who became King in 522 B.C., after Cyrus and the false Bardiya reigned.
^ In the first year of Da·ri'us the son of A·has·u·e'rus of the seed of the Medes, who had been made king over the kingdom of the Chal·de'ans; .- "Question for Jehovah's witness" | Página 1030 | Foros de MySpace 6 February 2010 12:26 UTC forums.myspace.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Q: In Dan 11:1-33, who were the kings of the Persian Empire?
.^ It mentions the reigns of the Neo-Babylonian kings Nebuchadnezzar, Evil-Merodach, Neriglissar.- "Question for Jehovah's witness" | Página 1030 | Foros de MySpace 6 February 2010 12:26 UTC forums.myspace.com [Source type: Original source]
^ All the reigns of the Neo-Babylonian Kings are given in these royal inscriptions, from Nabopolassar to Nabonidus, and the length of the reigns are in complete accordance with the Royal Canon and the Uruk Kinglist.- "Question for Jehovah's witness" | Página 1030 | Foros de MySpace 6 February 2010 12:26 UTC forums.myspace.com [Source type: Original source]
^ A: The Greek historian Herodotus, writing only about 90 years after the fall of Babylon, never mentioned Belshazzar and explicitly said the last king was Nabonidus.
.^ The Persian GOT ALL THE RECORDS THAT EXISTED. Their was NO Babylonian Empire continued in Exile keeping the heritage and History of Babylon.- "Question for Jehovah's witness" | Página 1030 | Foros de MySpace 6 February 2010 12:26 UTC forums.myspace.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ The Persian conquest definitely put an end to Babylon's supremacy over the nations who had served as vassal kings.- "Question for Jehovah's witness" | Página 1030 | Foros de MySpace 6 February 2010 12:26 UTC forums.myspace.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Also the whole of Jeremiah 42 is telling the Jews who were left after the destruction to stay in the land of Judah, cultivate it and stay in submission to the king of Babylon.- "Question for Jehovah's witness" | Página 1030 | Foros de MySpace 6 February 2010 12:26 UTC forums.myspace.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The seventy years of servitude foretold by Jeremiah therefore did not apply to Judah as a nation, but only to the nations who submitted to the king of Babylon.- "Question for Jehovah's witness" | Página 1030 | Foros de MySpace 6 February 2010 12:26 UTC forums.myspace.com [Source type: Original source]
from the time when the Assyrian supremacy
was at its height.
.^ A: The Greek historian Herodotus, writing only about 90 years after the fall of Babylon, never mentioned Belshazzar and explicitly said the last king was Nabonidus.
^ Fears become amplified and made more real by their appearance in headlines, creating a hysteria about a topic whereas in reality things are much better.- Modern Mass Media: The Bane of Human Cultural Evolution 10 January 2010 10:25 UTC www.humantruth.info [Source type: News]
^ "I may have to do a little rethinking about who was the greatest astronomer," said the onetime Ptolemy supporter.- "Question for Jehovah's witness" | Página 1030 | Foros de MySpace 6 February 2010 12:26 UTC forums.myspace.com [Source type: Original source]
ii. 32 sqq. and copied by many later
authors) has no historical value whatever, although some of his
names may be derived from local traditions.
.^ But were they too squeamish when it came to showing the carnage of war during the invasion last year?- Mass Media 10 January 2010 10:25 UTC www.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ A: The Greek historian Herodotus, writing only about 90 years after the fall of Babylon, never mentioned Belshazzar and explicitly said the last king was Nabonidus.
^ The Rise and Fall of an Immense Image *** 9 Nebuchadnezzar, who reigned for 43 years, headed a dynasty that ruled over the Babylonian Empire.- "Question for Jehovah's witness" | Página 1030 | Foros de MySpace 6 February 2010 12:26 UTC forums.myspace.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ By this time the Medes, too, began to attack Assyria, and in 614 they took Ashur, the ancient Assyrian capital.- "Question for Jehovah's witness" | Página 1030 | Foros de MySpace 6 February 2010 12:26 UTC forums.myspace.com [Source type: Original source]
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^ Then, the other five can be scattered one way or the other in some other friendly client state like maybe Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda, where they will be second class citizens like the Hutu Tribes.
.^ However, the Medes, aside from assisting the Babylonians in destroying Assyria, fighting the Scythians, and merging with the Persians, had no other effect on world history.
^ Historians feel that this world power began its reign when it destroyed the city of Haran in 609 BCE and took over from the Assyria world power that had control at that time.- "Question for Jehovah's witness" | Página 1030 | Foros de MySpace 6 February 2010 12:26 UTC forums.myspace.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Head of State for the Holy See is the POPE. The Head of State for the State of Vatican City is the POPE. That is a fact recognized under international law.- Sinister Sites: The EU Parliament | The Vigilant Citizen 6 February 2010 12:26 UTC vigilantcitizen.com [Source type: Original source]
From then the Median king ruled over the greatest part of Iran,
Assyria and northern
Mesopotamia, Armenia and
Cappadocia. His power was
very dangerous to their neighbours, and the exiled
Jews expected the destruction of
Babylonia by the Medes (Isa.
xiii., xiv., xxi.; Jerem. 1.
li.).
When Cyaxares attacked
Lydia,
the kings of
Cilicia and
Babylon intervened and
negotiated a peace in 585, by which the Halys was established as
the boundary.
Nebuchadrezzar married a daughter of
Cyaxares, and an
equilibrium of the great powers was
maintained till the rise of
Cyrus.
.^ Bear raised on one side: The Medeo-Persian Empire had two parts, with the Persian side being dominant.
^ A: The Greek historian Herodotus, writing only about 90 years after the fall of Babylon, never mentioned Belshazzar and explicitly said the last king was Nabonidus.
^ In the Persian Empire, Medea was one of the 20 (not 120) satrapies of the Persian Empire, but it was divided into two parts for taxation purposes.
But it is certain that the
national union of the Median clans was the work of their kings; and
probably the capital
Ecbatana was created by them.
.^ Furthermore, no verse says this Darius was over all the Medes and Persians, but rather that he was made king over just the Babylonians.
^ How is it that the Persian historians would have no records of an Alliance between Babylon and the Medes by way of marriage of Cyaxares granddaughter to Nebuchadnezzar?- "Question for Jehovah's witness" | Página 1030 | Foros de MySpace 6 February 2010 12:26 UTC forums.myspace.com [Source type: Original source]
^ This changed under Cyrus (a Persian who was one-fourth Mede), when he defeated his Median grandfather Astyges in 625 B.C..
.^ The Medes still had the highest position after the Persians, and as the 1956 and 1972 editions of Encyclopedia Britannica say, "many noble Medes were employed as officials, satraps and generals."
^ A speculation is that if the Persians heard of this, they would be favorably impressed with Daniel, and they would be more likely to retain Daniel as a high official.
^ It seems that little over 200 had passed and the Persians had NO IDEA who built cities in the country that they now ruled!!- "Question for Jehovah's witness" | Página 1030 | Foros de MySpace 6 February 2010 12:26 UTC forums.myspace.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ The Medes still had the highest position after the Persians, and as the 1956 and 1972 editions of Encyclopedia Britannica say, "many noble Medes were employed as officials, satraps and generals."
^ Biblical Observations The Darius in Daniel was a Mede, 62 years old, who had 120 administration districts (not necessarily satrapies) under him.
^ Identity of Darius the Mede Since Darius was the one who took over Babylon, there are three choices.
). Another
rebellion, in 409, against
Darius II. (Xenophon,
Hellen. i. 2, 19)
was of short duration. But the non-
Aryan tribes of the north, especially the
Cadusians, were always troublesome; many abortive expeditions of
the later kings against them are mentioned.
.^ In the Persian Empire, Medea was one of the 20 (not 120) satrapies of the Persian Empire, but it was divided into two parts for taxation purposes.
.^ (The organization calls itself the Leader in Documenting, Exposing and Neutralizing Liberal Media Bias).- Mass Media 10 January 2010 10:25 UTC www.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
92), together
with the Paricanians and Orthocorybantians; the north, the district
of Matiane (see above), together with the mountainous districts of
the Zagros and Assyria proper (east of the Tigris) was united with
the Alarodians and Saspirians in eastern Armenia, and formed the
eighteenth satrapy (Herod. iii. 94; cf. v. 49, 5 2, vii. 72). When
the empire decayed and the Carduchi and other mountainous tribes
made themselves independent, eastern Armenia became a special
satrapy, while Assyria seems to have been united with Media;
therefore
Xenophon in the
Anabasis ii. 4,
27; iii.
5, 15; vii. 8, 25; cf. iii. 4, 8 sqq. always
designates Assyria by the name of Media.
Alexander occupied Media in the summer of 330; in 328 he
appointed Atropates, a former general of Darius (Arrian iii. 8, 4),
as
satrap (iv. 18, 3, vi. 29,
3), whose daughter was married to
Perdiccas in 324 (Arrian vii. 4, 5). In the
partition of his empire,
southern Media was given to the Macedonian Peithon; but the north,
which lay far off and was of little importance for the generals who
fought for the
inheritance of Alexander, was left to
Atropates. While southern Media with Ecbatana passed to the rule of
Antigonus, and afterwards (about 310) to Seleucus I.; Atropates
maintained himself in his satrapy and succeeded in founding an
independent kingdom. Thus the partition of the country, which the
Persian had introduced, became lasting; the north was named
Atropatene (in Plin. vi. 42, Atrapatene; in Ptolem. vi. 2, 5,
Tropatene; in Polyb. v. 44 and S5 corrupted in Ta
crarpaireia
Ka)ouµEva), after the founder of the dynasty, a name which is
preserved in the modern Azerbaijan; cf. Noldeke, "Atropatene," in
Zeitschrift der deutschen morgenl. Gesellschaft, 34, 692
sqq. and Marquart,
Eranshahr, p. 108 sqq. The capital was
Gazaca in the central plain, and the strong
castle Phraaspa (Dio Cass. xlix. 26; Plut.
Anton. 38; Ptol. vi. 2, 10) or Vera (Strabo xi. 523),
probably identical with the great ruin Takhti
Suleiman, with remains of
Sassanid fire-altars and of a later palace.
The kings had a strong and warlike army, especially
cavalry (Polyb. v. 55; Strabo
xi. 253). Nevertheless, King Artabazanes was forced by
Antiochus the Great in 220
to conclude a disadvantageous treaty (Polyb. v.
.^ They were led by Gary North of Christian Reconstruction who declared that 'We need times so hard that men will turn to God.'- Modern Mass Media: The Bane of Human Cultural Evolution 10 January 2010 10:25 UTC www.humantruth.info [Source type: News]
^ It only includes the ruler who will come making a covenant, and 3 1/2 years later breaking this covenant.
^ Darius I, the son of Hystaspes/Vishtaspa , was a Persian (not a Mede) who became King in 522 B.C., after Cyrus and the false Bardiya reigned.
In the time of Strabo (A.D. 17), the dynasty
existed still (p. 523); in later times the country seems to have
become a Parthian province.
.^ Thus we find the Christian Magus who imposed his power upon the world taking the existing worships and making a single system combining all their merits.- Arnold: Send California prisoners to Mexico 6 February 2010 12:26 UTC www.prisonplanet.com [Source type: Original source]
But the opinion
of modern authors-that it had been a special refuge of
Zoroastrianism-is based upon a wrong
etymology of the name (which is falsely
explained as "country of fire-worship"), and has no foundation
whatever.
.^ A: No, but this is something King Darius probably would not desire to have remembered either.
^ Furthermore, no verse says this Darius was over all the Medes and Persians, but rather that he was made king over just the Babylonians.
^ However, even assuming Daniel acted properly, this was praise and definitely not worship, as no king would want to compromise his authority by worshipping one of his subjects.
Southern Media remained a province of the
Seleucid
Empire for a century and a half, and Hellenism was introduced
everywhere. "Media is surrounded everywhere by Greek towns, in
pursuance of the plan of Alexander, which protect it against the
neighbouring barbarians," says Polybius (x. 27). Only Ecbatana
retained its old character. But Rhagae became a Greek town,
Europus; and with it Strabo (xi. 524) names
Laodicea,
Apamea,
Heraclea or Achais (cf. Plin. vi. 48).
.^ These transactions were dated and had the reigning King's name on them.There were also about 1300 Royal Inscriptions that were found from the Neo-Babylonian era.- "Question for Jehovah's witness" | Página 1030 | Foros de MySpace 6 February 2010 12:26 UTC forums.myspace.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Persians didn't keep the records they captured they seem to have destroyed ALL babylonian corrospondence otherwise they would still have existed when Alexander captured ALL the Imperial capitals.- "Question for Jehovah's witness" | Página 1030 | Foros de MySpace 6 February 2010 12:26 UTC forums.myspace.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Two kings of Babylon ruling at the same time CONFIRMED. Hence his offer to Daniel to make him the THIRD man in the Kingdom.- "Question for Jehovah's witness" | Página 1030 | Foros de MySpace 6 February 2010 12:26 UTC forums.myspace.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Q: Does Dan 11:1, contradict history, which says the Persian King who conquered Babylonia was Cyrus I, not Darius I? A: Neither Cyrus nor Darius captured Babylon.
But with Demetrius I. the
dissolution of the
Seleucid Empire begins, which was brought on chiefly by the
intrigues of the
Romans, and
shortly afterwards, about 150, the Parthian king,
Mithradates I. (q.v.),
conquered Media (Justin xli. 6). From this time Media remained
subject to the Arsacids, who changed the name of Rhagae, or
Europus, into Arsacia (Strabo xi. 524), and divided the country
into five small provinces (Isidorus Charac.). From the Arsacids or
Parthians, it passed in A.D. 226 to the Sassanids, together with
Atropatene.
.^ However, "There is little doubt that the names of the instruments in Daniel were Old Persian in character, and were assimilated by the Greeks into their own culture with some orthographic modifications.
The revival of Zoroastrianism, which was enforced
everywhere by the Sassanids, completed this development. It was
only then that Atropatene became a principal seat of fire-worship,
with many fire-altars. Rhagae now became the most sacred city of
the empire and the seat of the head of the Zoroastrian
hierarchy; the Sassanid
Avesta and the tradition of the
Parsees therefore consider Rhagae as the home
of the family of the Prophet.
.^ Because of this abundance of dated texts modern scholars are able to determine not only the length of the reign of each king, but also the time of the year when each change of reign occurred, sometimes almost to the day.- "Question for Jehovah's witness" | Página 1030 | Foros de MySpace 6 February 2010 12:26 UTC forums.myspace.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Use of consumer’s location for targeted advertising is missing on Web, TV & other traditional media.
^ Daniel uses the Hebrew term, Kasdim, not only to refer to priests, but also the Chaldean (Babylonian) people in Daniel 5:30.
Mai; in
Syriac the old name
Madai is preserved;
cf. Marquart,
Eranshahr, 18 seq.).
For Mahommedan history see
CALIPHATE; for later history SELJUKS and
PERSIA. (ED. M.)
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