Hangmatana
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Hangmatana is the Old Persian name for Ecbatana, the ancient capital city of the Median Empire in what is now western Iran.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hangmatana canonical | 1 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
former capital ⓘ historical place ⓘ |
| associatedWithLanguage | Old Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeople | Medes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalOf | Median Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| correspondsTo | Ecbatana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | ancient Iranian world ⓘ |
| governedBy | Median kings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | major political and administrative center of the Median Empire ⓘ |
| hasNameIn | Old Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole | capital city of the Medes ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Media
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ancient Near East ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | western Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedAs | capital of Media in Achaemenid-period sources ⓘ |
| modernCountry | Islamic Republic of Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| OldPersianNameOf | Ecbatana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Median Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pre-IslamicSite | true ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | Ecbatana (later forms of the name) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Zagros Mountains area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedToponym |
Ecbatana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hamadan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| siteType | urban settlement ⓘ |
| successorPoliticalEntity | Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st millennium BCE ⓘ |
| usedIn | Old Persian inscriptions ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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