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.

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Ekbátana canonical 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
historical capital ⓘ
associatedWithModernCity Hamadan ⓘ
conqueredBy Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Cyrus the Great ⓘ
correspondsTo Old Iranian toponym "Hamgmatana" ⓘ
describedAs fortified city ⓘ
royal residence ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 6th century BCE ⓘ
7th century BCE ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Agbatana ⓘ
Hangmatana ⓘ
hasAlternativeTransliteration Ecbatana ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSiteAt Tell Hagmatana (Hamadan) ⓘ
hasEtymologyFrom Old Persian "Hamgmatana" ⓘ
linked to: Old Persian
hasGreekName Ἐκβάτανα ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod Achaemenid period ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid Empire

Hellenistic period ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
Parthian period ⓘ
linked to: Parthian Empire

Sasanian period ⓘ
hasLanguageOfName Greek ⓘ
hasLatinName Ecbatana ⓘ
hasRoleIn Achaemenid imperial administration ⓘ
Median political history ⓘ
hasTypeOf royal capital ⓘ
knownFrom Greek historical sources ⓘ
cuneiform sources ⓘ
laterRuledBy Parthian Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ
laterUsedAs Achaemenid royal residence ⓘ
summer capital of Achaemenid kings ⓘ
locatedInHistoricalRegion Media ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Iran ⓘ
locatedInRegion western Iran ⓘ
mentionedBy Herodotus ⓘ
mentionedIn Histories (Herodotus) ⓘ
linked to: works of Herodotus
partOf ancient Near East ⓘ
wasCapitalOf Media ⓘ
Median Empire ⓘ
wasMajorCenterFor Median kings ⓘ
wasOnRoute important ancient trade routes ⓘ

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Ecbatana → greekName → Ekbátana ⓘ