What is Ecbatana?
{{Coord|34|48|23|N|48|30|58|E|display=title|type:landmark_region:IR}} [[File:Ecbatane - general view.jpg|thumb|right|Some remains of Ecbatana]] '''Ecbatana''' was an ancient [[Iran]]ian [[city]].<ref name=eb>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ecbatana|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref><ref name=fd>{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language|title=Ecbatana|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|date=2009|accessdate=2011-11-27|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Ecbatana}}</ref> It was the [[capital city]] of the [[Medes|Median Empire]].<ref name=eb /> There is a modern Iranian city that was built in the same place as Ecbatana.<ref name=eb /> It is called [[Hamadan]].<ref name=eb /><ref name=fd /> == References == {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons cat|Ecbatana}} *[http://www.hegmataneh.ir/ Official Ecbatana website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422030307/http://www.hegmataneh.ir/ |date=2008-04-22 }} [[Category:Former national capitals]] [[Category:History of Iran]] [[Category:Hamadan Province]]