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Kings of the Umman Manda (Media): Their Hidden Origins and History – Part I
The term Medes, as a single ethnic group that encompasses all Media, is generic. It seems that the region of Media encompassed many smaller and independent principalities ruled by chieftains instead of kings, and was a makeup of various peoples of...
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