Definition of Ecbatana. Meaning of Ecbatana. Synonyms of Ecbatana

- see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of cuneiform script. Ecbatana (/ɛkˈbætənə/) was an ancient city, the capital of the Median kingdom, and...
- The Battle of Ecbatana was fought in 129 BC between the Seleucids led by Antiochus VII Sidetes and the Parthians led by Phraates II, and marked the final...
- families, that of the blind Tobit in Nineveh and of the abandoned Sarah in Ecbatana. Tobit's son Tobias is sent to retrieve ten silver talents that Tobit once...
- Gr****: Μηδία Mēdía; Akkadian: Mādāya) was a political entity centered in Ecbatana that existed from the 7th century BC until the mid-6th century BC and is...
- was adopted by the new sovereigns, who in the summer months resided in Ecbatana; and many noble Medes were emplo**** as officials, satraps and generals...
- the northeastern and eastern region of Mesopotamia in the vicinity of Ecbatana (present-day Hamadan). Their consolidation in Iran is believed to have...
- as the Ecbatana Hill, was the true place of the ancient city of Ecbatana. Some historians, including Henry Rawlinson, believe that the Ecbatana mentioned...
- capturing Astyages and taking the Median capital city of Ecbatana. Once in control of Ecbatana, Cyrus styled himself as the successor to Astyages and ****umed...
- decisive encounter between the two. Darius fled over the mountains to Ecbatana (modern Hamadan) while Alexander captured Babylon. Babylonian astronomical...
- described Indian palaces as superior in splendor to Persia's Susa or Ecbatana: "In the royal residences in India where the greatest of the kings of that...