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Q: Who Conquered the Medes and established the Persian Empire?
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What empire was cruel to conquered people?

the medes


Who were the first people that the Persians conquered making their empire?

The Medes.


What was the capital of the Persian Empire in 650 BCE?

There was no Persian Empire in 650 BCE. The Persian tribe was tributory to the Medes until after 550 BCE.


Which empire began when Cyrus the Great led a revolt against the Medes?

The Persian empire began when Cyrus the Great led a revolt against the Medes.


What culture crushed the once assyrian empire?

The Medes and the Babylonians conquered Assyria


Who started the the Persian Empire?

The Persians and the Medes, under King Cyrus the Great.


Why did Assyria fall to Persian and Medes?

The premise of this question, namely that Assyria was defeated by the Persians and/or Medes is incorrect. The Assyrian Empire was only ever defeated by the Babylonian Empire. These defeats were brought about by internal strife within the Assyrian Kingdom. The Persians were able to conquer Babylon and acquire the previously conquered Assyria.


Whose victory against the Medes marked the begining of the Persian Empire?

Cyrus the Great dominated the Medes, and the combined power launched the spread of the Persians into their own empire.


Who established Iran?

Iran was established when the Medes empire was formed with the Achaemenid empire. Cyrus the Great joined the two empires and established Persia, which was the biggest empire the world had ever seen. Several empires have risen from Iran and have conquered more land than Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great and Russia.


The first people the persians conquered in establishing their empire were the?

They absorbed the Medes, their previous rulers.


What city became the center of civilization in mesopotamia after the medes conquered the assyrian empire?

babylon


Was Darius the mede king of the Persian Empire black?

No - Darius I was not a Mede, he was Persian. And Persians and Medes were not black, they were Indo-European.