Chapter 55: Medes and Persians (first half) Flashcards
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Bastions
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It is defensive positions on walls, built out from the wall itself in a fortified wedge so that archers could stand on them.
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Deioces
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He was a judge who had gained a reputation for fairness and integrity that spread throughout all the Median tribes until they proclaimed him leader of them all.
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Ecbatana
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This was the central city Deioces insisted on building, it became the center of an emerging nation.
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Madius
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He was a Scythian warrior chief, after Phraortes was killed he claimed his place as Madius the Scythian, King of the Medes and the Persians.
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Phraortes
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He is the son of Deioces, he inherited his father’s role as leader in 675.
