“The Medes is one of the tribes which contributed greatly to art, working as the founder of royal art in the Achaemenid era. The art of the Medes inspired by its neighbors has created a combination of great art even in the Islamic period,” reads part of the thesis.
“The Medes came to Iran through northwest of Iran via Caucasus slopes. The reason why the artworks belonging to the Medes are not quite clear is that they were eternally embroiled in conflicts with their neighboring tribes where the artworks were mingled with one another. However, the architecture of the Medes observed in Godin Tappeh, Ilam Province symbolizes great architectural grandeur.
“They have left a great civilization behind including samples in the mountains Dakan, Sakavand, Davud as well as Sialk Mound in Kashan. The hills Nushijan, Godin and Babajan are great samples of their high architecture.
“The inhabitants of the Medes, and their neighbors, the Persians, spoke Indo-Iranian languages which were closely related to Old Persian. Historians know very little about the Median culture.
“Beginning about 835 B.C., the Median tribes became subject intermittently to the kings of Assyria. About 715 B.C., the Median chieftain Dayaukku, known to the Greek historian Herodotus as Deïoces, led the Medes in an abortive rebellion against the Assyrian king Sargon II (reigned 722-705 B.C.). The later rulers of Media considered Dayaukku the founder of the Median dynasty.
“Subsequently, another chieftain named Khshathrita (r. about 675-653 B.C.), known to the Greeks as Phraortes, united the Median tribes and expelled the Assyrians. Khshathrita was killed by the Scythians who invaded Media from the northwest.
“The Persians under Cyrus the Great captured Ecbatana and deposed the Median king. From that time onwards, Media was politically subservient to Persia; the Persians, however, regarded the Medes as equals, and thenceforth the two nations were considered as one.
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