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# Medes, Media
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## Facts
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Media was an ancient empire located east of Assyria and Babylonia, and north of Elam and Persia. Its territory covered parts of what are present-day Turkey, Iran, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.
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* The people who lived in the empire of Media were called "Medes."
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* The Medes were closely associated with the Persians and the two empires joined forces to conquer the Babylonian empire.
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* The invasion of Babylonia by Darius the Mede happened during the time that the prophet Daniel was living there.
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