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Rh syrians knew the district which was later called Parthava is suggested by reports of a raid by Esarhaddon which penetrated the country south of the Cas­pian Sea. Among those captured were Zanasana of Partukka and Uppis of Partakka. The raid must have taken place shortly before 673 Though As­syria's boundaries certainly did not include Parthava, the latter perhaps formed a part of Media. Cyrus the Great, who conquered the Medes, con­ducted a campaign in the eastern part of his newly won empire between 546 and 539 He founded