What Significant Change Occurred in the Status of the Medes

question 17

Multiple Choice

What significant change occurred in the status of the Medes and the Persians when Cyrus II united them under his own rule in 550 b.c.e.?

• A) Both groups, formerly rich and successful, became poor.
• B) Both groups, formerly poor and needy, became rich.
• C) The Medes became rich and successful while the Persians became needy.
• D) The Persians, formerly subordinate to the Medes, became the dominant group.

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