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 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
former capital ⓘ
historical place ⓘ
associatedWithLanguage Old Persian ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Medes ⓘ
capitalOf Median Empire ⓘ
correspondsTo Ecbatana ⓘ
culturalRegion ancient Iranian world ⓘ
governedBy Median kings ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance major political and administrative center of the Median Empire ⓘ
hasNameIn Old Persian ⓘ
historicalRole capital city of the Medes ⓘ
locatedIn Media ⓘ
ancient Near East ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Iran ⓘ
locatedInRegion western Iran ⓘ
mentionedAs capital of Media in Achaemenid-period sources ⓘ
modernCountry Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
linked to: Iran
OldPersianNameOf Ecbatana ⓘ
partOf Median Empire ⓘ
pre-IslamicSite true ⓘ
predecessorOf Ecbatana (later forms of the name) ⓘ
linked to: Ecbatana
region Zagros Mountains area ⓘ
linked to: Zagros Mountains
relatedToponym Ecbatana ⓘ
Hamadan ⓘ
siteType urban settlement ⓘ
successorPoliticalEntity Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
usedIn Old Persian inscriptions ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Ecbatana → oldPersianName → Hangmatana ⓘ
Ekbátana → hasAlternativeName → Hangmatana ⓘ