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• Jewish Virtual Library - Medes and Media
• University College London - Assyrian empire builders - The Medes, purveyors of fine horses
• Encyclopaedia Iranica - Media
• McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Mede
• Livius - Medes
• World History Encyclopedia - Media
• The History Files - Media / Amadai (Indo-Iranians)
• The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies - Medes, the First (Western) Iranian Kingdom

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• McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Mede
• Livius - Medes
• World History Encyclopedia - Media
• The History Files - Media / Amadai (Indo-Iranians)
• The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies - Medes, the First (Western) Iranian Kingdom

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Encyclopaedia Iranica - Media (Oct. 11, 2024)

Mede, one of an Indo-European people, related to the Persians, who entered northeastern Iran probably as early as the 17th century bc and settled in the plateau land that came to be known as Media (q.v.).