See also:

• ECBATANA (Agbatana in Aeschylus, Hangmatana in Old Persian, written Agamtanu by Nabonidos, and Agamatanu at Behistun, mod. Hamadan)

ECBATANA (Agbatana in See also:

• AESCHYLUS (525–456 B.c.)

Aeschylus, Hangmatana in Old See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian, written Agamtanu by Nabonidos, and Agamatanu at See also:

• BEHISTUN

Behistun, mod. See also:

• HAMADAN

Hamadan)  , the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of See also:

• ASTYAGES

Astyages (Istuvegu), which was taken by See also:

• CYRUS
• CYRUS (Gr. KDpos; Pers. Kuru-sh; Babyl. Kurash; Hebr. Koresh)

Cyrus in the See also:

• SIXTH

sixth See also:

• YEAR

year of Nabonidos (549 B.C.) . The Greeks supposed it to be the capital of See also:

• MEDIA

Media, confusing the Manda, of whom Astyages was See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, with the Mada or Medes of Media Atropatene, and ascribed its See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation to See also:

• DEIOCES (O771.6rc17s)

Deioces (the Daiukku of the See also:

• CUNEIFORM (from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

cuneiform See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions), who is said to have surrounded his See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace in it with seven concentric walls of different See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours . Under the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings, See also:

• ECBATANA (Agbatana in Aeschylus, Hangmatana in Old Persian, written Agamtanu by Nabonidos, and Agamatanu at Behistun, mod. Hamadan)

Ecbatana, situated' at the See also:

• FOOT

foot of See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount Elvend, became a summer See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence; and was afterwards the capital of the See also:

• PARTHIAN

Parthian kings . See also:

• SIR

Sir H . See also:

• RAWLINSON, GEORGE (1812-1902)
• RAWLINSON, RICHARD (169o-1755)
• RAWLINSON, SIR HENRY CRESWICKE (1810—1895)
• RAWLINSON, SIR ROBERT (1810—1898)

Rawlinson attempted to prove that there was a second and older Ecbatana in Media Atropatene, on the site of the See also:

• MODERN

modern Takht-i- See also:

• SULEIMAN

Suleiman, midway between See also:

• HAMADAN

Hamadan and See also:

• TABRIZ

Tabriz (J.R.G.S. x . 1841), but the cuneiform texts imply that there was only one See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of the name, and Takht-i-Suleiman is the Gazaca of classical See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

geography . The Ecbatana at which See also:

• CAMBYSES (528-521)
• CAMBYSES (Pers. Kambujiya)

Cambyses is said by See also:

• HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus (iii . 64) to have died is probablya blunder for Hamath . See See also:

• PERROT, SIR JOHN (c. 1S27–1592)

Perrot and Chipiez, See also:

• HISTORY

History of See also:

• ART

Art in See also:

• PERSIA

Persia (Eng. trans., 1892) ; M . Dieulafoy, L'Art See also:

• ANTIQUE (Lat. antiquus, old)

antique de la Perse, pt. i . (1884) ; J. de See also:

• MORGAN
• MORGAN, DANIEL (1736-1802)
• MORGAN, EDWIN DENNISON (1811-1883)
• MORGAN, JOHN HUNT (1825-1864)
• MORGAN, JOHN PIERPONT (1837–1913)
• MORGAN, LEWIS HENRY (1818-1881)
• MORGAN, SYDNEY, LADY (c. 1783-1859)
• MORGAN, THOMAS (d. 1743)

Morgan, See also:

• MISSION

Mission scientifique en Perse, ii . (1894) .

See HAMADAN and PERSIA: See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient History, § v . 2 . (A . H .