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Ecbatana

Ecbatana (/ɛkˈbætənə/) was an ancient city, the capital of the Median kingdom, and the first capital in Iranian history. It later became the summer capital of the Achaemenid and Parthian empires. It was also an important city during the Seleucid and Sasanian empires. Ecbatana was located in the Zagros Mountains, the east of central Mesopotamia, on…

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Location
Hamadan, Hamadan province, Iran
Abandoned
1220
Area
75 ha (0.29 sq mi)
Buffer zone
287 ha (1.11 sq mi)
Built
11th century BC
Built by
Deioces

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History

Archaeology

Ecbatana/Hagmatana

Ecbatana Museum

Noushijan fire temple

In popular culture

Sources

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Ecbatana

Nodes102
Edges101
Triples194
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019608
Components1

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Ecbatana

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related to Median kingdom (678–550 BC) · 23
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related to Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC) · 20
Ecbatana → Achaemenid, Achaemenid Empire, Achaemenids, Alexander, Although Ecbatana, As, Astyages, BC, Cyrus, Darius III, Great, In, July, Mount Alvand, Persepolis, Sardis, So, Some, The, These
related to Ecbatana/Hagmatana · 18
Ecbatana → Achaemenid, Assyrian, Earlier, Ecbatana/Hagmatana, Greek, Hagmatana/Ecbatana, Hamadān, Harhar, Historians, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Kar-Nergal, Kar-Sharrukin, Kishesim, Median, Sagbita/Sagbat, Some, The Sagbita
related to Seleucid Empire (312–63 BC) · 17
Ecbatana → After, Alexander, Alexander's, Antiochus VII Sidetes, BC, Great, In, Iran, Later, Macedonian, Parmenion, Parthians, Phraates II, Seleucids, Seleucus, Syria, The Battle
related to Sources · 17
Ecbatana → Anna, Brown, Encyclopaedia Iranica, Fasc, John Wiley, Ltd, Michael, Sons, Stausberg, Stuart, Tessmann, The Wiley Blackwell Companion, Vevaina, VIII, Vol, Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw, Zoroastrianism
related to Sasanian Empire (AD 224–651) · 13
Ecbatana → According, AD, Ardashir, Artabanus IV, Atropatene, Ctesiphon, Faqih, Ibn, Mount Alvand, Parthians, Sasanians, The Sassanid, There
see also · 13
Ecbatana → Academia, Ancient Near EastCartele Abad, Asia, Babylon, Bethlehem, Cities, Diedrichs, East, Ecabtana, Fake, Star, Study, The Wise Men
related to Noushijan fire temple · 10
Ecbatana → Achaemenids, BC, David Stronach, In, It, Medes, Parthians, The, The Noushijan, This
related to Ecbatana Museum · 8
Ecbatana → Ecbatana Museum, Iran, Located, Monday, National Museum, Reza Abbasi Museum, The, With
related to In popular culture · 8
Ecbatana → And Strange, Andrew Marvell, Archibald MacLeish's, Ecbatan, MacLeish's, Michael Bishop's, Trees, You

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city bc median capital also achaemenid east hagmatana parthian ancient site palace located polybius royal cyrus citadel temple sources empire

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EcbatanaAbandoned12201.00infobox
EcbatanaArea75 ha (0.29 sq mi)1.00infobox
EcbatanaBuffer zone287 ha (1.11 sq mi)1.00infobox
EcbatanaBuilt11th century BC1.00infobox
EcbatanaBuilt byDeioces1.00infobox
EcbatanaConditionIn ruins1.00infobox
EcbatanaCriteriaii, iii1.00infobox
EcbatanaCulturesPersian1.00infobox
EcbatanaEventBattle of Ecbatana1.00infobox
EcbatanaInscription2024 (46th Session)1.00infobox
EcbatanaLocationHamadan, Hamadan province, Iran1.00infobox
EcbatanaManagementCultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran1.00infobox
EcbatanaPeriodsMedian kingdom1.00infobox
EcbatanaPeriodsAchaemenid Empire1.00infobox
EcbatanaPeriodsParthian Empire1.00infobox
EcbatanaPeriodsSeleucid Empire1.00infobox
EcbatanaPeriodsSasanian Empire1.00infobox
EcbatanaPublic accessOpen1.00infobox
EcbatanaReference17161.00infobox
EcbatanaRegionZagros Mountains1.00infobox
EcbatanaTypeSettlement1.00infobox
Ecbatanais asupposed capital of Astyages0.90text

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