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; Ecbatana; By: Jona Lendering; In old Persian Hâgmatâna, 'meeting place': capital of the ancient Median empire, Hamadân in modern Iran.; According to the Histories of the Greek researcher Herodotus of Halicarnassus, Ecbatana was founded by Deioces, the legendary first king of the Medes.
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on Ecbatana (ancient city, Iran), ancient city on the site of which stands the modern city of Hamadān, Iran. Ecbatana was the capital of Media and was subsequently the summer residence of the Achaemenian kings and one of the residences of the Parthian kings. ... ADD TO YOUR SITE...
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Ecbatana became the capital city of the Medes in the late seventh century B.C. Ecbatana is actually the Greek name of the city mentioned in the book of Ezra "Achmetha" (Ezra 6:2). It was located around 180 miles southwest of Tehran, the capital of modern Iran.
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Hamadan is what is left of Ecbatana, the Medes' capital before they formed a union with the Persians. Hamadan tourist attractions are described. ... The poet Ferdowsi says that Ecbatana was build by King Jamshid. The modern Hamadan consists of a large central roundabout with six avenues running into it.
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And the Medes did so: for they built him a large and strong palace in that part of the land which he told them [...]. He built large and strong walls, those which are now called Ecbatana, standing in circles one within the other.
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Media in category "Ecbatana" ... The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. ... From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository...
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Ecbatana. Ecbatana. Information about Ecbatana in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... Ecbatana (or Agbatana)
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Ecbatana (48h°31' E, 34°h48' N; alt. 1,800 m) is in the Zagros mountains of central-west Iran at the base of the eastern slope of the Alvand range (q.v.; the classical Mount Orontes; Diodorus Siculus, 2.13.7; Polybius, 10.27;
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Ecbatana is now modern Hamadan and it was known in scriptural records as Achmetha. It was the early capital of the Medes and later the summer capital of Cyrus the Great of Persia. Ancient writers say the city had seven walls, each of a different color, and that the inner wall was covered with gold.
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