Ecbatana

(ek bat'n ə)

capital of ancient Media, on the site of modern Hamadan (Iran)

See Ecbatana in American Heritage Dictionary 4

A city of ancient Media on the site of present-day Hamadan in western Iran. It was captured by Cyrus the Great in 549 B.C. and plundered by Alexander, Seleucus I, and Antiochus III.
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