tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8373113053208773059.post906577716463263926..comments2023-06-16T07:24:52.497-07:00Comments on Why I Went to Asia: Alaverdi day 2Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8373113053208773059.post-82548495644886927622014-10-25T09:15:41.047-07:002014-10-25T09:15:41.047-07:00The Medes were the earliest Zoroastrians and their...The Medes were the earliest Zoroastrians and their priests were the Magi. The Magi were astrologers and are famous in Christianity for their Biblical visit to the newborn Jesus Christ. Zoroastrianism became the state religion of Persia and when the Persians captured Babylon the Zoroastrian religion had a great influence on the early development of Judaism. <br />Sam Ricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11531307169991839354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8373113053208773059.post-28667545858549132622014-10-25T09:09:54.002-07:002014-10-25T09:09:54.002-07:00The ancient capital was built at Hamadan NW Iran i...The ancient capital was built at Hamadan NW Iran in 678BC by the united Median tribes for Deioces who they chose as their first king. The city is said to have been surrounded by seven circular walls, each higher than the next and each painted a different colour with the innermost ones being silver and gold. However, only four generations later Deioces' grandson King Astyages was captured by his own noblemen and turned over to his own grandson who was Cyrus the Great, King of Persia. From that day onwards the Medes were subjects of Persia. However, Median nobles and the priestly-astrologer caste of the Magi retained their prominent positions. Fine Median artefacts can be seen in the National Museum of Iran in Tehran. More on Wikiedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_(region) Sam Ricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11531307169991839354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8373113053208773059.post-19689568439357598292014-10-24T08:36:45.039-07:002014-10-24T08:36:45.039-07:00Could you please give me some more info about anci...Could you please give me some more info about ancient Media? I would love to visit it some time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com