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One of three major regional powers around 600 BCE in Jiang's setup for Persian emergence.
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Lydians
One of three major regional powers around 600 BCE in Jiang's setup for Persian emergence.
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By around 600 BCE, Lydians, Babylonians, and Medians check each other before the Persians emerge under Cyrus.
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"...region. Okay? Over here in Anatolia are what people call the Lydians. The Lydians. Okay? The Lydians. Over here in Mesopotamia are what people..."
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"They're powerful, but they're not powerful enough to destroy each other. Okay? Around this time will emerge a new power center called the Persians...."
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"...sea are yours to plow when you reach Hesperian land, where Lydian Tiber flows with a smooth march through rich and loamy fields, a..."
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"...time, he's able to conquer the Medians. King Croesus of the Lydians saw this as an opportunity to conquer the Medians as well. So..."
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"...hear that Cyrus the Great has conquered the Medians and the Lydians, then they would think they have to unify in order to defeat..."
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A source-grounded reading of Cyrus as the foreign messiah: exile hardens Israelite memory, Persian mercy becomes a strategy of rule, Zoroastrianism turns administration into cosmic truth, and Ezra's purity project prepares the religious machinery...
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