The Early Medes and the Median Empire (History of Ancient Iran) | Supplemental Podcast #3

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• KA

  @kalle1453 · 6 years ago

  Any Kurds in here?!

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• RU

  @rusarmysambo · 4 years ago

  Also let's not forget that the Medes are united kurdish tribes  and only when the kurds are unified/united are they referred to as the MEDES.

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• DE

  @deathblade111 · 6 years ago

  The Medes are so interesting! Thank you for everything you do on this channel.

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• LO

  @lotus7540 · 4 years ago

  Russian historian and linguist Vladimir Minorski states that the Medes, who lived in lands where the Kurds now form the majority, are the ancestors of the modern Kurds.

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• AM

  @ameermirawdeli4148 · 6 years ago (edited)

  I'm certain that we Kurds are actually the descendents of the Medes. We even say it in our national anthem. "We are the descendents of Medea and Kay Khusraw(Cyaxares)." Kurdish people know what I mean.

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• EM

  @empiremediankurde8562 · 5 years ago (edited)

  In the Middle Ages, some historians called the Kurds Med, and interpreted their wars with the Kurds as Med occupation.  Median language is included in the class of Western Iranian Languages ​​just like Kurdish. Median is also included in a sacred text written in 7 languages ​​in the 15th century.  H.W.  Some scholars such as Bailey, Henning, Shanidze and David Neil MacKenzie analyzed the text and found that the text was in Kurdish.

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• JA

  @jannestiemes4328 · 6 years ago (edited)

  I feel like you do the voices of the Assyrian kings just perfectly.

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• FR

  @frendfrend-uv5eg · 1 year ago

  I am proud of my ancestors like a kurd

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• JE

  @jeffersonwright9275 · 5 years ago (edited)

  The story of Cyrus the Great being raised by a shepherd is such a worldwide trope! It occurs in the Bible & 1001 Nights and shows up Ancient Greek legends especially Oedipus. It even pops up in CS Lewis’ story The Horse and his boy, except the father is a fisherman rather than a shepherd!

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• LO

  @lotus7540 · 4 years ago

  Med language is classified as Western Iranian Languages ​​just like Kurdish, it is the ancestor of Kurdish, 15. In a sacred text written in 7 languages ​​in the century, the Med language is also included.  H.W.  Some scientists such as Bailey, Henning, Shanidze and David Neil MacKenzie examined the text and said that the text is the same as the Kurdish.

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• CH

  @chakibashi267 · 5 years ago

  thanks for showing our history of media love from a Kurdish  person

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• KM

  @KMac329 · 6 years ago

  You do an excellent job of presenting ancient history in layman's language. Your choice of ancient texts to cite is very dramatic and punchy. I'm fascinated by ancient middle-eastern history and your lectures/podcasts really make it come alive. Thank you, Cy!

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