Ecbatana

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ancient city archaeological site

Ecbatana is an ancient city, traditionally identified with the capital of the Median Empire in northwestern Iran, known from classical sources and biblical texts.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ecbatana canonical	30
Ecbatana (Media)	1
Ecbatana in Media	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWithFigure	Alexander the Great ⓘ Cyrus the Great ⓘ Deioces ⓘ
biblicalName	Achmetha ⓘ
capitalOf	Media ⓘ
conqueredBy	Alexander the Great ⓘ Cyrus the Great ⓘ
country	Iran ⓘ
culturalRegion	Ancient Near East ⓘ
governedBy	Achaemenid satraps ⓘ Median kings ⓘ Parthian Empire ⓘ surface form: Parthian rulers Seleucid officials ⓘ
greekName	Ekbátana ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite	Tell Hagmatana ⓘ
hasStatus	Hamedan Province ⓘ surface form: UNESCO World Heritage tentative list (as part of Hamadan region)
historicalPeriod	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Achaemenid period Hellenistic period ⓘ Iron Age ⓘ Parthian Empire ⓘ surface form: Parthian period
knownFor	multi-walled fortifications described by Herodotus ⓘ strategic location on Iranian plateau ⓘ wealth and royal treasuries ⓘ
locatedIn	Media ⓘ northwestern Iran ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Hamadan ⓘ surface form: Hamadan, Iran
mentionedIn	Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ surface form: Book of Ezra Tobit ⓘ surface form: Book of Tobit works of Herodotus ⓘ surface form: Herodotus, Histories Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament Polybius’ Histories ⓘ surface form: Polybius, Histories
modernIdentification	Hamadan ⓘ
nameEtymology	possibly from Median or Old Persian for “place of assembly” ⓘ
oldPersianName	Hangmatana ⓘ
partOf	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Median Empire ⓘ Parthian Empire ⓘ Seleucid Empire ⓘ
region	Zagros Mountains ⓘ
religionInAntiquity	Iranian polytheism ⓘ
servedAs	royal residence of Achaemenid kings ⓘ royal residence of Median kings ⓘ summer residence of Achaemenid kings ⓘ
traditionalCapitalOf	Median Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tobit → setIn → Ecbatana ⓘ

Median Empire → capital → Ecbatana ⓘ

Medes → capital → Ecbatana ⓘ

Parthian Empire → capital → Ecbatana ⓘ

Hamadan → ancientName → Ecbatana ⓘ

Royal Road → connects → Ecbatana ⓘ

Darius III → associatedCity → Ecbatana ⓘ

Hephaestion → placeOfDeath → Ecbatana ⓘ

Sarah (daughter of Raguel) → residence → Ecbatana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ecbatana in Media

Edna (wife of Raguel) → associatedPlace → Ecbatana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ecbatana (Media)

Tobias → marriesAtLocation → Ecbatana ⓘ

Achaemenid kings → capital → Ecbatana ⓘ

Achaemenid dynasty → capital → Ecbatana ⓘ

Vologases IV of Parthia → mintLocation → Ecbatana ⓘ

Persian court → location → Ecbatana ⓘ

Media → capital → Ecbatana ⓘ

Persian monarchy → capital → Ecbatana ⓘ

Achaemenid architecture → majorSite → Ecbatana ⓘ

royal court of the Medes → location → Ecbatana ⓘ

royal court of the Medes → capitalOfAdministration → Ecbatana ⓘ

Deioces → capitalFounded → Ecbatana ⓘ

Deioces → residence → Ecbatana ⓘ

Cyaxares → capital → Ecbatana ⓘ

Median Kingdom → capital → Ecbatana ⓘ

Median Kingdom → majorCity → Ecbatana ⓘ

Astyages → territoryIncludes → Ecbatana ⓘ

Astyages → capital → Ecbatana ⓘ

Median dynasty → capital → Ecbatana ⓘ

Median dynasty → locatedIn → Ecbatana ⓘ

House of Cyrus → capital → Ecbatana ⓘ

Ganjnameh inscriptions → nearAncientCity → Ecbatana ⓘ

Ancient Iran → capitalOfMajorState → Ecbatana ⓘ