Media

Summary

Media is a satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire^[1]. Media ranks in the top 7% of satrapy_of_the_achaemenid_empire entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (297 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Media is identified as part of the Medes ethnic group^[3].
• Media's religion is recorded as Zoroastrianism^[4].
• Media's religion is recorded as Mithraic mysteries^[5].
• Media's instance of is recorded as satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire^[6].
• Media's instance of is recorded as historical region^[7].
• Media's head of state is recorded as Cyrus the Great^[8].
• Media's capital is recorded as Ecbatana^[9].
• Media's basic form of government is recorded as monarchy^[10].
• Media's followed by is recorded as Achaemenid Empire^[11].
• Media's GND ID is recorded as 1169177263^[12].
• Media's locator map image is recorded as Median empire map.png^[13].
• Media's part of is recorded as Medo-Persia^[14].
• Media's Commons category is recorded as Median Empire^[15].
• Media was dissolved in -0550-00-00T00:00:00Z^[16].
• Media's start time is recorded as -0672-00-00T00:00:00Z^[17].
• Media's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37, 'lon': 47}^[18].
• Media's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0119njgk^[19].
• Media's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Medes^[20].
• Media's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 2--3575^[21].
• Media's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0041672^[22].
• Media's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• Media's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• Media's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[25].
• Media's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[26].
• Media's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[27].

Body

Geography

Media's part of is recorded as Medo-Persia^[14].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire^[6] and historical region^[7]. Religious affiliations include Zoroastrianism^[4], a religion^[28], in India^[29] and Mithraic mysteries^[5], a Greco-Roman mysteries^[30], in Ancient Rome^[31].

Why It Matters

Media ranks in the top 7% of satrapy_of_the_achaemenid_empire entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (297 views/month).^[2] Media has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Media is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]