Atropatene

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Atropatene was an ancient kingdom in northwestern Iran, roughly corresponding to modern Iranian Azerbaijan, that emerged after the breakup of Alexander the Great’s empire.

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Atropatene canonical 6
Media Atropatene 2

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient kingdom ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedWith Alexander the Great ⓘ
borderedBy Caspian Sea ⓘ
Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Media ⓘ
capital Ganzak ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
culture Iranian with Hellenistic influences ⓘ
emergedAfter breakup of Alexander the Great’s empire ⓘ
emergedFrom Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
ethnicComposition Iranian peoples ⓘ
etymology from Old Iranian *Āturpātakān ‘land of Atropates’ ⓘ
existedFrom 4th century BCE ⓘ
existedUntil 1st century CE ⓘ
foundedBy Atropates ⓘ
knownFor strong local dynasty descended from Atropates ⓘ
language Median ⓘ
laterAdministrativeSuccessor Sasanian province of Adurbadagan ⓘ
locatedIn Ancient Near East ⓘ
northwestern Iran ⓘ
modernNameDerivedFrom Azerbaijan ⓘ
modernTerritoryIncludes Ardabil Province ⓘ
East Azerbaijan Province ⓘ
West Azerbaijan Province ⓘ
parts of Zanjan Province ⓘ
namedAfter Atropates ⓘ
partOf Seleucid Empire ⓘ
politicalStatus semi‑independent kingdom under larger empires ⓘ
predecessor Achaemenid Media ⓘ
regionNamePreservedIn Middle Persian Adurbadagan ⓘ
New Persian Azerbaijan ⓘ
regionType satrapy in late Achaemenid period ⓘ
religion Zoroastrianism ⓘ
roughlyCorrespondsTo modern Iranian Azerbaijan ⓘ
rulingDynastyOrigin Achaemenid satrapal nobility ⓘ
sometimesVassalOf Parthian Empire ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ
strategicImportance controlled routes between Mesopotamia and the Caucasus ⓘ
successor Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Sasanian Adurbadagan ⓘ
timePeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ

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