The Persian empire began when Cyrus the Great led a revolt against the Medes.
The Persians and the Medes, under King Cyrus the Great.
Cyrus the Great dominated the Medes, and the combined power launched the spread of the Persians into their own empire.
No - Darius I was not a Mede, he was Persian. And Persians and Medes were not black, they were Indo-European.
The Persians had been part of the Median empire, he took it over and made the Medes his partner in establishing the Persian Empire through the Middle East and Central Asia.
the medes
The Medes.
There was no Persian Empire in 650 BCE. The Persian tribe was tributory to the Medes until after 550 BCE.
The Persian empire began when Cyrus the Great led a revolt against the Medes.
The Medes and the Babylonians conquered Assyria
The Persians and the Medes, under King Cyrus the Great.
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.
Cyrus the Great dominated the Medes, and the combined power launched the spread of the Persians into their own empire.
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.
They absorbed the Medes, their previous rulers.
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No - Darius I was not a Mede, he was Persian. And Persians and Medes were not black, they were Indo-European.