Media

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

in ancient geography , a country of Asia, which extended on the W. and S. of the Caspian 173 MEDICAL DEPT., U. S. ARMY Sea, from Armenia and Assyria on the N. and W., to Farsistan or Persia proper on the S.; and included the districts now called Shirvan, Azerbeijan, Ghilan, Mazanderan, and Irak Adjemi. It had two grand divisions, of which the N. W. was called Atropatene, or Lesser Media, and the S., Greater Media. The former corresponds to the modern Azerbeijan, now, as formerly , a province of the Persian empire, on the W. of the Caspian, surrounded by high mountains of the Tauritic range, except toward the E., where the river Kur, or Cyrus, discharges its waters into the Caspian. The Greater Media corresponds principally to the modern Irak Adjemi, or Persian Irak. Ecbatana was the ancient capital. Media is one of the most ancient independent kingdoms of which history makes mention. The Medians were in language, to the Persians. After they had shaken religion, and manners very nearly allied off the yoke of the Assyrians, their tribes united about 708 b. c., according to the common account, and chose Dejoces (Kai- Kobad) for their chief. His son Phrave ortes, or Arphaxad, subdued the Persians. ortes, in alliance with Nabopolassar, King Cyaxares (Kai-Kaous), the son of Phrapire about 604 B. c., and spread the terof Babylon, overthrew the Assyrian emror of his arms as far as Egypt . He dehak), who was deposed was succeeded by his son Astyages (Asru), King of Persia; and from this time by his own grandson Cyrus (Kai-Khûssed (560 b. c.) people. Ecbatana, the capital of Media, the two nations are spoken of as one sian kings. After the death of Alexander became the summer residence of the Perthe Great (324 b. c.) , the N. W. portion (Atropatene) became a separate kingdom, and existed till the time of Augustus; the other portion, under the name of Great Media, forming a part of the Syrian monarchy. CAN, a society formed in 1847, having science and art of medicine and the safefor its purposes the promotion of the guarding of the profession. The officials pointed dates in various cities and the of the association meet at regularly apmembers are invited to the annual sessions. The members now number about 80,000 and more than half of them are fellows. The central offices are in Chicago, where a weekly journal of the association is issued, and where the business conduct, working through delegates from every State, originates.