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Ekbatana ( Inggris: Ecbatana; bahasa Persia Kuno: 𐏃𐎥𐎶𐎫𐎠𐎴 Haŋgmatāna, arti harfiah "tempat berkumpul", bahasa Yunani Kuno: Ἀγβάτανα dalam tulisan Aeschylus dan Herodotus, pada tulisan lain Ἐκβάτανα, Agámtanu menurut Tawarikh Nabonidus, dan Agamatanu pada Inskripsi Behistun) adalah sebuah kota kuno di Media ...
Median Empire (678 - 549 BC) According to Herodotus, Ecbatana was chosen as the Medes ' capital in 678 BC by Deioces, the first ruler of the Medes. Herodotus said that it had seven walls. [3] Deioces' intention was to build a palace worthy of the dignity of a king. [6] After choosing Ecbatana as his capital, Deioces decided to build a huge and ...
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Dec 15, 1997 · The Achaemenid period. The entry for the 6th year (550/549 B.C.E.) of the Nabonidus Chronicle records that Cyrus II defeated Astyages, captured Ecbatana, and removed its treasury to Anshan (Grayson, p. 106, 2.1-4). Cyrus and his successors used Ecbatana as a summer capital and as a treasury (Weissbach, cols. 2156-57; Herodotus 3.64).
Roundel with winged lion - Achaemenid gold, said to have been found at Hamadan at Tepe Hagmatana, the site of ancient Ecbatana, 550-330 BC - Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago - DSC07984.JPG 2,236 × 1,981; 2.45 MB
Ecbatana was the Achmetha of Ezra 6.2 and the Apocrypha. It is also called Hangmatana. Ecbatana (ĕkbăt´ənə, ĕkbətä´nə), capital of ancient Media, later the summer residence of Achaemenid and Parthian kings, beautifully situated at the foot of Mt. Elvend and NE of Behistun. In 549 BC it was captured by Cyrus the Great.
Sir H. Rawlinson attempted to prove that there was a second and older Ecbatana in Media Atropatene, on the site of the modern Takht-i-Suleiman, midway between Hamadan and Tabriz (J.R.G.S. x. 1841), but the cuneiform texts imply that there was only one city of the name, and Takht-i-Suleiman is the Gazaca of classical geography. The Ecbatana at ...
Ecbatana. Coordinates: 34°48′23″N 48°30′58″E. Some remains of Ecbatana. Ecbatana was an ancient Iranian city. [1] [2] It was the capital city of the Median Empire. [1] There is a modern Iranian city that was built in the same place as Ecbatana. [1] It is called Hamadan.
