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It was the first capital of ancient Iranians to be established in West Asia, and is the ancestor of the modern city of Hamedan. [ 1 ] The word Ekbātān ( Persian : اکباتان ) is a variant of Ecbatana ( Greek : Εκβάτανα Ekbátana ) which derives from Old Persian Haŋgmetana , meaning "place of gathering".
Ecbatana [a] (/ ɛ k ˈ b æ t ən ə /) was an ancient city, the capital of the Median kingdom, and the first capital in Iranian history. It later became the summer capital of the Achaemenid and Parthian empires. [2] It was also an important city during the Seleucid and Sasanian empires.
The city was named World Carpet Weaving City by the World Crafts Council in October 2015 [6] and Exemplary Tourist City of 2018 by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] With a population of over 1.7 million (2016), [ 9 ] Tabriz is the largest economic hub and metropolitan area in northwest Iran.
This is a list of cities in Iran, categorized by province.The census years listed below comes from the Statistical Center of Iran. [1] [2] Since 2006, Iran has conducted a census every five years.
The city corresponds to the ancient Assyrian city of Arbela. Settlement at Erbil can be dated back to possibly 6000 BC, but not urban life until c. 2300. [86] [87] Ankara: Anatolia Turkey: c. 2000 BC [88] The oldest settlements in and around the city center of Ankara belonged to the Hattic civilization which existed during the Bronze Age. Jaffa ...
For the history of ancient Persia from prehistory to circa 330 BCE (to conquests of region by Alexander the Great) see Category: Ancient Persia; For the Greek and Roman Persian era through the 19th century, circa 330 BCE to 1925 CE see Category:Persian history; Ancient Persian cities outside modern Iran include: Derbent; Ctesiphon; Bukhara ...
Tehran (/ t ɛ ˈ r æ n,-ˈ r ɑː n, ˌ t eɪ-/; Persian: تهران [tehˈɾɒːn] ⓘ, Tehrân) is the capital [6] and largest city of Iran.In addition to serving as the capital of Tehran province, the city is the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District. [7]
The earliest cities in history were in the ancient Near East, an area covering roughly that of the modern Middle East: its history began in the 4th millennium BC and ended, depending on the interpretation of the term, either with the conquest by the Achaemenid Empire in the 6th century BC or with that by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC.