Hyrcania and the Eastern Borders of Median Kingdom

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1 Department of Iranology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Bu-Ali Sina University , Hamedan, Iran

2 Department of History, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

10.22034/pa.2024.419401.1065

Abstract

The Territorial conquests of the Medes, as Far East as Hyrcania, could be traced from the first half of the seventh century BC onwards. The first Median kings undertook far-flung campaigns to take control of the region and extend their territory. The existence of the fortified settlement in the Gorgān plain could proved the expansion of centralized Median Empire as far as Hyrcania. The Assyrian sources of the 9th to 7th century BC are also in overall agreement with the results of the archeological studies in the western steppe of Gorgān plain (Hyrcania). As a result, the Median’s dominance over Hyrcania determined the strategies and political guidelines of the Median Empire and set the foundations for its transformation from a confederation of tribes to a powerful trans-regional state. Accordingly, in the present paper, beside historical and literary sources, archaeological evidences have also been studied in order to determine the Median’s range of territory in the east of their homeland.

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Persica Antiqua

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  • Receive Date: 05 October 2023
  • Revise Date: 23 March 2024
  • Accept Date: 26 March 2024

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