Thus a period of reconciliation began, which facilitated a close relationship between the Persians and Medes, and enabled Ecbatana, capital of Media, to pass to the Persians as one of Persia's capitals in their newly formed empire.
Thus a period of reconciliation began, which facilitated a close relationship between the Persians and Medes, and enabled Ecbatana to pass to the Persians as one of Persia's capitals in their newly formed empire. Ecbatana was capital of Media.