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Each Medes and Persians are Aryans the Aryans who settled in the southern element of the Iranian plateau became known as Persians, while these of the mountain regions of the northwest had been known as Medes. The Medes had been at initially the leading nation, but towards the middle of the sixth century, B.C. The Persians became the dominant power, not only in Iran, but also in Western Asia. Darius retaliated by suppressing the rebellion and razing the Greek city-states of Eretria and Athens. Sardis was rebuilt and remained element of the Achaemenid Empire until surrendering to Alexander in 334...