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See also:ECBATANA (Agbatana in See also:Aeschylus, Hangmatana in Old See also:Persian, written Agamtanu by Nabonidos, and Agamatanu at See also:Behistun, mod. See also:Hamadan) , the See also:capital of See also:Astyages (Istuvegu), which was taken by See also:Cyrus in the See also:sixth See also:year of Nabonidos (549 B.C.). The Greeks supposed it to be the capital of See also: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 to See also:Deioces (the Daiukku of the See also:cuneiform See also:inscriptions), who is said to have surrounded his See also:palace in it with seven concentric walls of different See also:colours. Under the Persian See also:kings, Ecbatana, situated' at the See also:foot of See also:Mount Elvend, became a summer See also:residence; and was afterwards the capital of the See also:Parthian kings. See also:Sir H. See also:Rawlinson attempted to prove that there was a second and older Ecbatana in Media Atropatene, on the site of the See also:modern Takht-i-
See also:Suleiman, midway between Hamadan and See also:Tabriz (J.R.G.S. x. 1841), but the cuneiform texts imply that there was only one See also:city of the name, and Takht-i-Suleiman is the Gazaca of classical See also:geography. The Ecbatana at which See also:Cambyses is said by See also:Herodotus (iii. 64) to have died is probablya blunder for Hamath.
See See also:Perrot and Chipiez, See also:History of See also:Art in See also:Persia (Eng. trans., 1892) ; M. Dieulafoy, L'Art See also:antique de la Perse, pt. i. (1884) ; J. de See also:Morgan, See also:Mission scientifique en Perse, ii. (1894). See HAMADAN and PERSIA: See also:Ancient History, § v. 2. (A. H.
End of Article: ECBATANA (Agbatana in Aeschylus, Hangmatana in Old Persian, written Agamtanu by Nabonidos, and Agamatanu at Behistun, mod. Hamadan)
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