Media Atropatene

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Media Atropatene was an ancient kingdom in northwestern Iran, centered in the region of Atropatene (later Azerbaijan), that played a strategic role between the Hellenistic and Parthian worlds.

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Media Atropatene canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient kingdom ⓘ
former monarchy ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
approximateEndCentury 3rd century CE ⓘ
approximateFormationCentury 4th century BCE ⓘ
borderedBy Armenia ⓘ
linked to: Persarmenia

Caspian Sea ⓘ
Greater Media ⓘ
capital Ganzak ⓘ
culturalInfluence Hellenistic ⓘ
Iranian ⓘ
linked to: Iranian peoples

Parthian ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
regional trade ⓘ
engagedIn diplomatic relations with Rome ⓘ
wars with Armenia ⓘ
ethnicComposition Iranian peoples ⓘ
existedDuring Hellenistic period ⓘ
Parthian period ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
hadTitleOfRuler king ⓘ
hasNameOrigin Atropates ⓘ
importantCity Ganzak ⓘ
Praaspa ⓘ
knownFor strategic position between Mesopotamia and the Caucasus ⓘ
knownFrom Classical sources ⓘ
Greek historians ⓘ
Roman historians ⓘ
languageUsed Median ⓘ
Middle Iranian languages ⓘ
laterKnownAs Azerbaijan ⓘ
locatedIn Iranian plateau ⓘ
northwestern Iran ⓘ
modernEquivalent Iranian Azerbaijan ⓘ
Republic of Azerbaijan (partly) ⓘ
namedAfter Atropates ⓘ
partOf Iranian cultural sphere ⓘ
ancient Media ⓘ
predecessor Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
regionCenter Atropatene ⓘ
religion Zoroastrianism ⓘ
rulingDynasty Atropatid dynasty ⓘ
strategicRole buffer state between Hellenistic kingdoms and Parthian Empire ⓘ
successor Sasanian Empire ⓘ
Sasanian province of Adurbadagan ⓘ
vassalOf Parthian Empire ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Alexander Helios → intendedAlliance → Media Atropatene ⓘ
Augustan wars → hasLocation → Media Atropatene ⓘ