1) Ancient Asian people 2) Ancient dwellers in Ecbatana 3) Ancient Iranians 4) Ancient persians 5) Cyrus the great defeated them 6) Early Asians 7) Early Persians 8) Ecbatana natives 9) Foes of the Assyrians 10) Iranians of old 11) Natives of Ecbatana 12) Natives of Persia 13) Nineveh conquerors 14) Old people like me, by name
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The Medes{#tag:ref|According to the OED entry `Mede`, the word is from Classical Latin {{lang|la|Mēdus} (usually as plural, Mēdī) from Ancient Greek (Attic and Ionic) Μῆδος (Cypriot ma-to-i Μᾶδοι, plural) from Old Persian Māda.|group=`N`}} (z, Old Persian Māda-, Sanskrit: मैढ़; מָדַי) were an ancient Iranian peopl...
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