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Ecbatana (ĕkbăt`ənə, ĕkbətä`nə), capital of ancient Media Media (mē`dēə), ancient country of W Asia whose actual boundaries cannot be defined, occupying generally what is now W Iran and ..... Click the link for more information. , later the summer residence of Achaemenid and Parthian kings, beautifully situated at the foot of Mt. Elvend and NE of Behistun. In 549 B.C. it was captured by Cyrus the Great. It possessed a royal treasury and was plundered in turn by Alexander, Seleucus, and Antiochus III. The site has never been thoroughly excavated, since it is covered by the modern city, Hamadan Hamadan (hämädän`), city (1991 pop. 349,653), capital of Hamadan prov., W Iran, at the foot of Mt. Alwand. ..... Click the link for more information. , Iran, where the traditional tomb of Esther is still honored by the Jewish community. Ecbatana was the Achmetha of Ezra 6.2 and the Apocrypha. It is also called Hangmatana. Ecbatana an ancient city in Iran, on the site of modern Hamadan; capital of Media and royal residence of the Persians and Parthians How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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