Ang '''mga Medo''' ang mga pinuno ng [[Iran]], [[Armenya]], gitnang [[Turkiya]], [[Apganistan]], at hilagang-silangang [[Pakistan]] mula 625 BK hanggang 549 BK.
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Ang '''Medes''' ({{IPAc-en|m|i|d|z}}){{#tag:ref|from [[OED]]'s entry: "Mede '' < classical Latin {{lang|la|Mēdus}} (usually as plural, {{lang|la|Mēdī}}) < ancient Greek (Attic and Ionic) {{lang|grc|Μῆδος}} (Cypriot ma-to-i {{lang|grc|Μᾶδοι}}, plural) < Old Persian {{lang|peo-Latn|Māda}}''"<ref>[[OED]] Online [http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/115629?rskey=kViil4&result=4 "entry Mede, n.".]:</ref>|group="N"}} (from [[Old Persian language|Old Persian]] {{lang|peo-Latn|''Māda-''}}) ay [[mga Sinaunang taong Iranyano]]{{#tag:ref|A)"..and the Medes (Iranians of what is now north-west Iran).." {{EIEC|30}}. B) "Archaeological evidence for the religion of the Iranian-speaking Medes of the .." {{harv|Diakonoff|1985|p=140}}. C) ".. succeeded in uniting into a kingdom the many Iranian-speaking Median tribes" ( from Encyclopædia Britannica <ref name="EnBr">Encyclopædia Britannica Online [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/372125/Media Media (ancient region, Iran)]</ref>). D) "Proto-Iranian split into Western (Median, ancient Persian, and others) and Eastern (Scythian, Ossetic, Saka, Pamir and others)..." ({{citation| publisher = BRILL| isbn = 978-90-04-16054-5| last = Kuz'mina| first = Elena E.| others = J. P. Mallory (ed.)| title = The origin of the Indo-Iranians
| year = 2007|page=303}}) ...}} na tumira sa [[Iran]]<!-- for specific location within Iran see Medes#Historical_geography_of_Media --> sa isang area na kilala bilang Media at nagsalita ng hilagang-kanlurang wikang Iraninano na tinutukoy na [[wikang Median]]. Ang kanilang pagdating sa rehiyon ay nauugnay sa unang alon ng mga tribong [[Iraniko]] noong huli nang [[ikalawang milenyo BCE]](ang [[pagguho ng Panahong Tanso]]) hanggang sa pagsisimula ng [[unang milenyo BCE]]. Mula ika-10 siglo BCE hanggang huling ika-7 siglo CE, ang mga Iranikong Medes at Persia ay nahulog sa ilalim ng pamumuno ng [[Imperyong Neo-Asiryo]] batay sa [[Mesopotamia]]. <ref>Georges Roux - Ancient Iraq</ref>
