Media

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Media was an ancient Iranian kingdom in northwestern Iran, historically ruled by the Medes and known for its role as a major Near Eastern power before being absorbed by the Achaemenid Persian Empire.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Media canonical 56
Media frontier 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient kingdom ⓘ
former country ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
absorbedInto Achaemenid Persian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid Empire
allyOf Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
borderedBy Armenia ⓘ
Assyria ⓘ
Elam ⓘ
Persis ⓘ
capital Ecbatana ⓘ
Hamadan ⓘ
conqueredBy Achaemenid Persians ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid Empire

Cyrus the Great ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
culture Iranian ⓘ
linked to: Iranian peoples
ethnicGroup Medes ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Iranian peoples ⓘ
floruit c. 7th–6th century BC ⓘ
foundedBy Deioces ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
historicalEra Classical antiquity ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
knownFor participation in the fall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
role as major Near Eastern power ⓘ
language Median language ⓘ
legacy Median satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
locatedIn Iranian Plateau ⓘ
linked to: Iranian plateau

northwestern Iran ⓘ
mentionedIn Babylonian chronicles ⓘ
Herodotus' Histories ⓘ
linked to: works of Herodotus
militaryFeature cavalry forces ⓘ
modernLocationCorrespondsTo Hamadan Province ⓘ
linked to: Hamedan Province

Kurdistan Region of Iran ⓘ
linked to: Kurdistan
notableRuler Astyages ⓘ
Cyaxares ⓘ
Deioces ⓘ
Phraortes ⓘ
partOf Ancient Near East ⓘ
predecessor Neo-Assyrian Empire (regional rule) ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Assyrian Empire
regionIncludes Atropatene (later period) ⓘ
Rhagae ⓘ
religion Zoroastrianism (early or proto-form) ⓘ
linked to: Zoroastrianism

ancient Iranian religion ⓘ
rulingDynasty Median dynasty ⓘ
successor Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
timePeriod 6th century BC ⓘ
7th century BC ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (57)

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

King of Media → region → Media ⓘ
Lydian Kingdom → neighbor → Media ⓘ
Cyrus the Great → expandedInto → Media ⓘ
subject linked to: King of Persia
Medes → coreTerritory → Media ⓘ
Hamadan → historicalRegion → Media ⓘ
Ecbatana → locatedIn → Media ⓘ
Ecbatana → capitalOf → Media ⓘ
Tobias → travelsTo → Media ⓘ
Seleucus I Nicator → ruled → Media ⓘ
Rey → historicalRegion → Media ⓘ
Ray → historicalRegion → Media ⓘ
Deioces → country → Media ⓘ
Phraortes → country → Media ⓘ
Phraortes → realm → Media ⓘ
Median Kingdom → region → Media ⓘ
Astyages → birthPlace → Media ⓘ
Astyages → deathPlace → Media ⓘ
Gaumata → placeOfDeath → Media ⓘ
Peithon → historicalRegion → Media ⓘ
Yazdegerd III → fledTo → Media ⓘ
Αμυτις → region → Media ⓘ
Augustan wars → hasLocation → Media frontier ⓘ
linked to: Media
Artashata → deathPlace → Media ⓘ
Rages → locatedIn → Media ⓘ
Rhagae → locatedIn → Media ⓘ
Rhages → locatedIn → Media ⓘ
Arsacia → historicalRegion → Media ⓘ
Sarah (Book of Tobit) → region → Media ⓘ
subject linked to: Sarah (in Book of Tobit)
Ekbátana → wasCapitalOf → Media ⓘ
Hangmatana → locatedIn → Media ⓘ
Parthia → borderedBy → Media ⓘ