Ekbátana
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Ekbátana is the ancient Greek name for the city of Ecbatana, the historic capital of the Median Empire in what is now western Iran.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
historical capital ⓘ |
| associatedWithModernCity | Hamadan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conqueredBy |
Achaemenid Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cyrus the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| correspondsTo | Old Iranian toponym "Hamgmatana" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
fortified city
ⓘ
royal residence ⓘ |
| flourishedInCentury |
6th century BCE
ⓘ
7th century BCE ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Agbatana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hangmatana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTransliteration | Ecbatana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalSiteAt | Tell Hagmatana (Hamadan) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEtymologyFrom | Old Persian "Hamgmatana" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGreekName | Ἐκβάτανα NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod |
Achaemenid period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Iron Age NERFINISHED ⓘ Parthian period NERFINISHED ⓘ Sasanian period ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfName | Greek ⓘ |
| hasLatinName | Ecbatana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn |
Achaemenid imperial administration
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Median political history ⓘ |
| hasTypeOf | royal capital ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
Greek historical sources
ⓘ
cuneiform sources ⓘ |
| laterRuledBy |
Parthian Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterUsedAs |
Achaemenid royal residence
ⓘ
summer capital of Achaemenid kings ⓘ |
| locatedInHistoricalRegion | Media NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | western Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedBy | Herodotus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Histories (Herodotus) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | ancient Near East ⓘ |
| wasCapitalOf |
Media
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Median Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasMajorCenterFor | Median kings ⓘ |
| wasOnRoute | important ancient trade routes ⓘ |
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