Media (region)
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Media is an Iron Age region of northwestern Iran, best known for having been the political and cultural base of the Medes. During the Achaemenid period, it comprised present-day Iranian Azerbaijan, Ir
Brue, Adrien Hubert, Asie Mineure, Armenie, Syrie, Mesopotamie, Caucase. 1839.
Medes (region)
Rock relief of a Median man, Persepolis
Horseman in "Median dress". Achaemenid art, 6th-4th century BC. British Museum.
Ecbatana
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Ecbatana was an ancient city, the capital of the Median kingdom, and the first capital in Iranian history. It later became the summer capital of the Achaemenid and Parthian empires. It was also an imp
Media (region)
…position; in honor and war, they stood next to the Persians; their court ceremony was adopted by the new sovereigns, who in the summer months resided in Ecbatana; and many noble Medes were employed as officials, satraps and generals. At the beginning the Greek historians referred to the Achaemenid Empire as a…
Archeological site of Ecbatana in 2017
Golden rhyton of ram's head, discovered in Ecbatana, kept at the Reza Abbasi Museum
Achaemenid golden rhyton in the shape of a lion, from Ecbatana, kept at the National Museum of Iran
Coin of Demetrius I, minted and discovered in Ecbatana.