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Deioces ( Ancient Greek: Δηιόκης, Dēiokēs, Kurdish: Diyako ), [3] was the founder and first king of the Median kingdom. His name has been mentioned in different forms in various sources, including the Ancient Greek historian Herodotus. He is considered to be the first Median king. The exact date of the era of Deioces' rule is not clear ...
- 727 – 675 BC
- Ancient Iranian religion
Deioces (flourished late 8th and early 7th centuries bc) was a petty Median chieftain subject to the kingdom of Mannai in modern Iranian Azerbaijan; later tradition made him the founder of the Median empire. According to the 5th-century- bc Greek historian Herodotus, Deioces was the first king of the Medes.
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Dec 15, 1994 · Deioces, whose son was held hostage by the Urartians, supported the Urartian king Rusā I (730-14 B.C.E.) against the Mannean ruler Ullusunu, ultimately without success, for Sargon intervened and eventually captured Deioces and exiled him and his family to Hamath (modern Ḥamāt) in Syria.
Apr 23, 2024 · Media, ancient country of northwestern Iran, generally corresponding to the modern regions of Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, and parts of Kermanshah. Media first appears in the texts of the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III (858–824 bc ), in which peoples of the land of “Mada” are recorded. The inhabitants came to be known as Medes.
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Jan 17, 2024 · Traditionally, Dahyuka/Deioces (r. 727-675 BCE) is considered the founder of the Median Kingdom, but it may have been his son Fravartish/Phraortes (r. 647-625 BCE) who was responsible for the political unification of the Median clans and the founding of the capital Ecbatana.
Once upon a time, in the rugged and fertile landscapes of ancient Iran, a visionary leader emerged to shape the destiny of a scattered and often fractious people. This tale unfolds in the annals of history, with Deioces, a man of cunning intellect and political acumen, as the central figure in the founding and ascent […]
With reference to the former point, it may be supposed that the 53 years assigned to Deioces include the interregnum, a supposition extremely probable from the length of the period, especially as the character which Deioces had gained before his accession makes it most unlikely that he was a very young man; and, on the other hand, the ...
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