Ecbatana

34°48′23″N 48°30′58″E / 34.80639°N 48.51611°E / 34.80639; 48.51611

Ecbatana was an ancient Iranian city. It was the capital city of the Median Empire. There is a modern Iranian city that was built in the same place as Ecbatana. It is called Hamadan.

References

1 2 3 4 "Ecbatana". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica.
1 2 "Ecbatana". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Houghton Mifflin. 2009. Retrieved 2011-11-27.

Other websites

Official Ecbatana website Archived 2008-04-22 at the Wayback Machine

[eb-1] 1 2 3 4 "Ecbatana". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica.

[fd-2] 1 2 "Ecbatana". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Houghton Mifflin. 2009. Retrieved 2011-11-27.