# Media

## Facts:

Media was an ancient empire located east of Assyria and Babylonia, and north of Elam and Persia. The Medes were the people who lived in the empire of Media.

* The first ancestor of the Medes was Madai, a descendant of Japheth.
* The Media empire covered parts of what are present-day Turkey, Iran, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.
* The Medes were closely associated with the Persians and the two empires joined forces to conquer the Babylonian empire.
* Babylonia was invaded by Darius the Mede during the time that the prophet Daniel was living there.

(Translation suggestions: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])

(See also: [Assyria](../names/assyria.md), [Babylon](../names/babylon.md), [Cyrus](../names/cyrus.md), [Daniel](../names/daniel.md), [Darius](../names/darius.md), [Elam](../names/elam.md), [Persia](../names/persia.md))

## Bible References:

* [2 Kings 17:06](rc://en/tn/help/2ki/17/06)
* [Acts 02:09](rc://en/tn/help/act/02/09)
* [Daniel 05:28](rc://en/tn/help/dan/05/28)
* [Esther 01:3-4](rc://en/tn/help/est/01/03)
* [Ezra 06:1-2](rc://en/tn/help/ezr/06/01)

## Word Data:

* Strong's: H4074, H4075, H4076, H4077, G3370

## Forms Found in the English ULB:

Madai, Mede, Medes, Media