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The 11 pages that link to Median Empire, each with the reason it gives.

• Cyrus the GreatRelated: Its incorporation gave Cyrus territory and political networks for further expansion.

• Neo-Assyrian EmpireRelated: The Medes were among the forces that brought down the empire’s heartland.

• Persian EmpireRelated: Cyrus’s takeover of Media supplied a major foundation for Achaemenid expansion.

• Nebuchadnezzar IIRelated: The Medes were Babylon’s allies in Assyria’s defeat and later rivals in regional politics.

• Fall of NinevehRelated: Median forces joined the Babylonian campaign against Nineveh.

• NabopolassarRelated: Its alliance with Nabopolassar’s Babylonians helped defeat Assyria.

• AstyagesNarrower topic: Astyages ruled this kingdom at the end of its independent history.

• Kermanshah ProvinceRelated: Median power once extended across western Iran, the broader region that includes the province.

• ZoroasterRelated: Older datings of Zoroaster’s life sometimes place him in the broad era preceding Median power.

• DeiocesNarrower topic: Deioces is traditionally counted as its founding king.

• History of IranBroader topic: The Medes helped establish the political landscape inherited by the first Persian empire.