Iran

Around 550 BC, the Median kingdom was conquered by Cyrus the Great with inteal support. Cyrus's defeat of Isthovigo was, in fact, a transition from one power to another, not the complete destruction of the defeated power. More precisely, as a prelude to uniting all the people of Iran and others under his banner, Cyrus combined Medes and Persians in his army. After Cyrus took the title "King of the Medes", Croesus, king of Lydia, prepared for war and Iran...