Median and Persian foot-soldiers. The Medes were a Mesoptamian people who after their tribes formed the Median Kingdom became Neo-Assyrian vassals. Through various alliances they subsequently destroyed the Neo-Assyrian Empire and they and their allies became the dominant force in Mesopotamia as the Median Empire. After an illustration by an unidentified 19th century artist.
Median and Persian foot-soldiers. The Medes were a Mesoptamian people who after their tribes formed the Median Kingdom became Neo-Assyrian vassals. Through various alliances they subsequently destroyed the Neo-Assyrian Empire and they and their allies became the dominant force in Mesopotamia as the Median Empire. After an illustration by an unidentified 19th century artist.
Crédito: Album / Ken Welsh/Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group