Ecbatana

ancient city that was the capital of the Median empire
Place archaeological_site Q696193
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Ecbatana

Summary

Ecbatana is an archaeological site[1]. Ecbatana has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Ecbatana is located in Hamadan[3].
  • Ecbatana is in the country of Iran[4].
  • Ecbatana's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[5].
  • Ecbatana's instance of is recorded as ancient city[6].
  • Ecbatana's instance of is recorded as locality[7].
  • Ecbatana's Commons category is recorded as Ecbatana[8].
  • Ecbatana was dissolved in 1800[9].
  • Ecbatana's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.8065, 'lon': 48.516247}[10].
  • Ecbatana's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ecbatana[11].
  • Ecbatana's described by source is recorded as Book of Tobit[12].
  • Ecbatana's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[13].
  • Ecbatana's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Ecbatana's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[15].
  • Ecbatana's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • Ecbatana's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[17].
  • Ecbatana's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[18].
  • Ecbatana's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19].
  • Ecbatana's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[20].
  • Ecbatana's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • Ecbatana's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • Ecbatana's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[23].
  • Ecbatana's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[24].
  • Ecbatana's capital of is recorded as Medes[25].
  • Ecbatana's capital of is recorded as Median Kingdom[26].
  • Ecbatana's heritage designation is recorded as Iranian National Heritage[27].

Body

Geography

Ecbatana is in the country of Iran[4]. Ecbatana is located in Hamadan[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include archaeological site[5], ancient city[6], and locality[7]. Heritage statuses include Iranian National Heritage[27], Tentative World Heritage Site[28], and World Heritage Site[29].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Ecbatana include Ekbatan[30], a neighborhood of Tehran[31], in Iran[32], founded in 1972[33].

Why It Matters

Ecbatana has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Ecbatana is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for Ecbatana include Ekbatan[30], a neighborhood of Tehran[31], in Iran[32], founded in 1972[33].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id 2327
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