Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men .. . E IRANIANS.—HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT. 609 are introduced to Arbaces, Maudaces,Sosarmus, Artycas, Arbianes, Artaeus, and finally Deioces, which last stands inthe dawn of the reality. The rest arefabulous, and are to be ranked with themythical kings of Greece and Phraortes, however, monarchy asan institution may be regarded as estab-lished among the Old Iranians. Thegreat reign of Cyaxares followed, andthe c
Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men .. . E IRANIANS.—HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT. 609 are introduced to Arbaces, Maudaces,Sosarmus, Artycas, Arbianes, Artaeus, and finally Deioces, which last stands inthe dawn of the reality. The rest arefabulous, and are to be ranked with themythical kings of Greece and Phraortes, however, monarchy asan institution may be regarded as estab-lished among the Old Iranians. Thegreat reign of Cyaxares followed, andthe civil power was consolidated. Thenfollowed the reign of Astyages, 593-558B. C, at which latter date the relations fact much nearer to unity of characterthan the term Graeco-Italic, applied to the two branches of the Southern Ar-yans in Europe. In Iran tlie language,manners, customs, and growth of soci-ety, civil and political, the religious be-lief of the people, and, indeed, all theelements of development were the samefor both Medes and Persians, with onlysuch slight differences as were incidentto territorial separation and environ-ment. These historical references are made. COURT OF PERSIAN MONARCH (ROYAL PALACE OF ISPAHAN). previously existing between Media andPersia were totally reversed by the gen-ius and warlike daring of the youngprince Cyrus, who subverted the throneof his grandfather Astyages, and re-moved the seat of government to hisown capital in Persia. But the race was one, not two. Medo-Persian stock was not materially differ-ent in its two branches, Order of the Medo-Persian the chief diversity being development. ., , , e i 1 m the date of develop-ment. The Persian sprang last andgrew highest. The term Medo-Persianmust be understood to express an ethnic merely to impress the truth that mon-archy was a fundamental ,, „ J , Warlike form of fact in the evolution of Iranian institu- the Iranian race. The cen-tral principle was not only monarchic,but absolute. It
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