The capital of Astyages (Istuvegü), captured by Cyrus the Great in 549 BC. The site served as a summer residence for both Persian and Parthian kings.
Ecbatana
Hamaḏān, Hamadhan
Hamdān
Hāgmātana, Hagmatana
Agmatanu
Epiphaneia
Ahmadan
Hamadān, Hamadan
Hamādan
همدان
Ecbatanis Partiorvm
Hagmatana
Epiphaneia
Ḥamdan, Hamdan
Agbatana
Achmeta
Hāmādān
Hamadān
Ἐκβάτανα
RE Ekbatana 1 (cf. RE Apobatana)
Str. (Meineke: Perseus) 11.13.5
Wikipedia (English) Ecbatana
ToposText Ekbatana (Persia)
Wikipedia (English) Hamadan
BAtlas 92 D2 Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan
DARMC 20236 and 21519
EncIran (online) ECBATANA
EncIran Ecbatana
Sarraf 1997
TP (Talbert: CUP) 11C1 (Talbert 2516)
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 92 D2 Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan
2023-05-05T17:01:57-04:00
Hamadan
H. Kopp
B. Siewert-Mayer
W. Röllig
Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan
The capital of Astyages (Istuvegü), captured by Cyrus the Great in 549 BC. The site served as a summer residence for both Persian and Parthian kings.
dare:ancient=1
dare:major=1
dare:feature=major settlement
Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan
Mediterranean [[-30,640]]
Roman Early Empire-Late Antique (30 BC – AD 640)
The Archaic period in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is seen to begin in the year 750 and end in the year 550 before the birth of Christ. [[-750, -550]]
Archaic (Greco-Roman; 750-550 BCE/BC)
Hamadān
Hamadan
TAVO Index
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-1200
2000
Ilkhanid, Hulagu, Early Mongol [[1258,1335]]
Ilkhanate Middle East (AD 1258–1335)
Early Islamic, Rashidun-Umayyad [starts with death of Muhammed who only controlled Arabia] [[632,750]]
Caliphate-Umayyad Middle East (AD 632–750)
Eastern ME, Central Asia [[1501,1725]]
Safavid Middle East (AD 1501–1725)
ME, Balkan, Northern Africa [[1683,1918]]
Late Ottoman Empire (AD 1683–1918)
The Late Antique period in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 300 and to end in the year 640 after the birth of Christ. [[300, 640]]
Late Antique (AD 300-AD 640)
ME [[300, 640]]
Late Antique/Sasanian Middle East (AD 300–640)
ME, Greece, Indus [[1500,1500]]
1500 AD Middle East (AD 1500–1500)
Mediterranean [[284, 337]]
Transition Roman Early Empire-Late Antique (AD 284–337)
Khwarezmid [[1077,1258]]
Khwarezmian Middle East (AD 1077–1258)
ME [[1900,1950]]
Ottoman Decline-Mandate Middle East (AD 1900–1950)
ME, Greece [[-1200, -1199]]
1200 BC Middle East
ME [[-540, -330]]
Achaemenid Middle East (540–330 BC)
Eastern ME, Central Asia [[1370,1501]]
Timurid Middle East (AD 1370–1501)
ME, Central Asia [[1258,1501]]
Mongol Middle East (AD 1258–1501)
ME [[1918, 2000]]
Modern Middle East (AD 1918–2000)
Early Byzantine; includes Justinian I [[500, 650]]
Proto-Byzantine (AD 500–650)
Hamadān
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 2, p. 649)
B. Siewert-Mayer
H. Kopp
W. Röllig
Macedonian—Seleucid/Ptolemaic/Attalid/Greco-Bactrian [[-330, -140]]
Hellenistic Middle East (330–140 BC)
TAVO Index
2018-06-07T19:40:36-04:00
-720
Ekbatana
226
ME [[-720,-540]]
Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC)
Early Roman/Parthian [[-30, 226]]
Roman Early Empire/Parthian Middle East (30 BC – AD 226)
Ekbatana
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 462)
Ἐκβάτανα
H. Kopp
B. Siewert-Mayer
W. Röllig
Hagmatana
Hāgmātana
TAVO Index
2018-06-07T19:40:35-04:00
-540
-330
Hāgmātana
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 2, p. 640)
B. Siewert-Mayer
W. Röllig
H. Kopp
Hamādan
TAVO Index
2018-06-07T19:40:35-04:00
-540
-330
Hamādan
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 2, p. 649)
H. Kopp
B. Siewert-Mayer
W. Röllig
Our present, modern era. [[1700, 2100]]
Modern (AD 1700-Present)
Hagmatana
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 92 D2 Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan
2018-06-07T19:40:35-04:00
-750
640
The Roman period (i.e., the early Roman Empire) in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 30 before the birth of Christ and to end in the year 300 after the birth of Christ. [[-30, 300]]
Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300)
The Classical period in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 550 and end in the year 330 before the birth of Christ. [[-550, -330]]
Classical (Greco-Roman; 550 BC-330 BC)
The Hellenistic period in Greek history and the middle-to-late Republican period in Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 330 and end in the year 30 before the birth of Christ. [[-330, -30]]
Hellenistic Greek, Roman Republic (330 BC-30 BC)
Hagmatana
ME, northern Africa [[750, 940]]
Abassid Middle East (AD 750–940)
Ḥamdan
Hamdan
TAVO Index
2018-06-07T19:40:36-04:00
Ḥamdan
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 2, p. 651)
B. Siewert-Mayer
W. Röllig
H. Kopp
Wikidata Q696193
Knapton et al. 2001
Wikipedia (Persian) هگمتانه
Bryce 2009 pages 212-213
Wikipedia (English) Ecbatana
Pleiades
2023-05-05T17:01:57-04:00
1700
Hamadān
2100
Hamadān
همدان
ANE
Cuneiform
ME [[1037,1258]]
Seljuq-Khwarezmian Middle East (AD 1037–1258)
Epiphaneia
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 92 D2 Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan
2018-06-07T19:40:35-04:00
-750
640
Epiphaneia
Epiphaneia
TAVO Index
2018-06-07T19:40:36-04:00
-330
-140
Epiphaneia
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 473)
W. Röllig
H. Kopp
B. Siewert-Mayer
Hāmādān
TAVO Index
2018-06-07T19:40:35-04:00
300
640
Hāmādān
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 2, p. 649)
B. Siewert-Mayer
H. Kopp
W. Röllig
Hamaḏān
Hamadhan
TAVO Index
2018-06-07T19:40:35-04:00
632
1258
Iran [[819,1186]]
Samanid-Ghaznavid Iran (AD 819–1186)
Hamaḏān
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 2, p. 649)
W. Röllig
H. Kopp
B. Siewert-Mayer
Agmatanu
TAVO Index
2018-06-07T19:40:35-04:00
-720
-540
Agmatanu
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 35)
B. Siewert-Mayer
H. Kopp
W. Röllig
Hamadān
TAVO Index
2018-06-07T19:40:35-04:00
632
750
Hamadān
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 2, p. 649)
W. Röllig
B. Siewert-Mayer
H. Kopp
Equivalent to "inhabited place" as defined by the Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus: General term for places or areas occupied, modified, or planned to be inhabited by communities of human populations and that contain enough societal functions to be relatively self-sufficient. They are characterized by inhabitants living in neighboring sets of living quarters and by the place having a proper name or a locally recognized status.
settlement
Wikidata Q696193
Knapton et al. 2001
Wikipedia (Persian) هگمتانه
Bryce 2009 pages 212-213
Wikipedia (English) Ecbatana
Pleiades
2023-05-05T17:00:34-04:00
CIGS location of Hamadān
ANE
Cuneiform
Ahmadan
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 92 D2 Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan
2018-06-07T19:40:35-04:00
-750
640
Ahmadan
Ecbatanis Partiorum
TP (Talbert: CUP) 11C1 Ecbatanis Partiorvm (Talbert 2516)
Pleiades
2021-02-25T08:02:22-04:00
-30
640
Ecbatanis Partiorum
Ecbatanis Partiorvm
Agbatana
TAVO Index
2018-06-07T19:40:36-04:00
-540
-330
Agbatana
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 32)
H. Kopp
B. Siewert-Mayer
W. Röllig
Hamdān
TAVO Index
2018-06-07T19:40:36-04:00
1918
2000
Hamdān
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 2, p. 651)
H. Kopp
B. Siewert-Mayer
W. Röllig
Ecbatana
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 92 D2 Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan
2018-06-07T19:40:35-04:00
-750
640
Ecbatana
Achmeta
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 92 D2 Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan
2018-06-07T19:40:35-04:00
-750
640
Achmeta