Hyrcania

Summary

Hyrcania is a satrapy of the Sasanian Empire^[1]. Hyrcania ranks in the top 6% of satrapy_of_the_sasanian_empire entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (556 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Hyrcania is in the country of Sasanian Empire^[3].
• Hyrcania is in the country of Achaemenid Empire^[4].
• Hyrcania is in the country of Seleucid Empire^[5].
• Hyrcania's instance of is recorded as satrapy of the Sasanian Empire^[6].
• Hyrcania's instance of is recorded as satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire^[7].
• Hyrcania's instance of is recorded as satrapy of the Seleucid Empire^[8].
• Hyrcania's capital is recorded as Heritage district of Gorgan^[9].
• Hyrcania's Commons category is recorded as Hyrcania^[10].
• Hyrcania's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.967822, 'lon': 55.011854}^[11].
• Hyrcania's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hyrcania^[12].
• Hyrcania's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[13].
• Hyrcania's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[14].
• Hyrcania's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[15].
• Hyrcania's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[16].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include satrapy of the Sasanian Empire^[6], satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire^[7], and satrapy of the Seleucid Empire^[8].

Influence

Things named for Hyrcania include Gorgan^[17], a city of Iran^[18], in Iran^[19] and Hyrcania^[20], an archaeological site^[21], in Israel^[22].

Why It Matters

Hyrcania ranks in the top 6% of satrapy_of_the_sasanian_empire entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (556 views/month).^[2] Hyrcania has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[23] Hyrcania is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[24]

Entities named for Hyrcania include Gorgan^[17], a city of Iran^[18], in Iran^[19] and Hyrcania^[20], an archaeological site^[21], in Israel^[22].