Medes

Summary

Medes is an Iranian peoples^[1]. They draws 4,447 Wikipedia views per month (iranian_peoples category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2]

Key Facts

• Medes's religion is recorded as Mithraic mysteries^[3].
• Medes's religion is recorded as Zoroastrianism^[4].
• Medes's religion is recorded as Ancient Iranian religion^[5].
• Medes is in the country of Media^[6].
• Medes's instance of is recorded as Iranian peoples^[7].
• Medes's instance of is recorded as people^[8].
• Medes's capital is recorded as Ecbatana^[9].
• Medes's Commons category is recorded as Medes^[10].
• 678 BC marks the founding of Medes^[11].
• Medes's significant event is recorded as Medo-Persian conflict^[12].
• Medes's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Median people^[13].
• Medes's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[14].
• Medes's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[15].
• Medes's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[16].
• Medes's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[17].
• Medes's different from is recorded as Medi^[18].
• Medes's different from is recorded as Media^[19].
• Medes's language used is recorded as Median^[20].
• Medes's significant person is recorded as Deioces^[21].
• Medes's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[22].

Body

Personal Life

Religious affiliations include Mithraic mysteries^[3], a Greco-Roman mysteries^[23], in Ancient Rome^[24]; Zoroastrianism^[4], a religion^[25], in India^[26]; and Ancient Iranian religion^[5].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Medes include medism^[27] and Median Kingdom^[28], a historical country^[29], founded in -0678^[30].

Why It Matters

Medes draws 4,447 Wikipedia views per month (iranian_peoples category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2] They has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] They is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for them include medism^[27] and Median Kingdom^[28], a historical country^[29], founded in -0678^[30].