Media
Ancient region of north-western Iran
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Media
Summary
Media is a satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire[1]. Media has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[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 was followed by Achaemenid Empire[11].
- Media is part of Medo-Persia[12].
- Media's Commons category is recorded as Median Empire[13].
- Media was dissolved in 550 BC[14].
- Media began on 672 BC[15].
- Media's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37, 'lon': 47}[16].
- Media's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Medes[17].
- Media's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
- Media's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
- Media's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[20].
- Media's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[21].
- Media's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[22].
- Media's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[23].
- Media's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[24].
- Media's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25].
- Media's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[26].
- Media's replaced by is recorded as Jibal[27].
Body
Geography
Media is part of Medo-Persia[12].
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 has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Media is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]