Mede Empire

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Mede_Empire
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Median_Empire
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Ecbatana
gptkbp:currency barter
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:Cyrus_the_Great
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Medes
gptkbp:existedDuring c. 678 BC
gptkbp:existedUntil c. 549 BC
gptkbp:governmentType gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:historicalSource gptkb:Babylonian_Chronicles
Herodotus
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mede Empire
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Overthrow_of_the_Neo-Assyrian_Empire
gptkbp:language Median
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Ancient_Iran
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Astyages
gptkb:Cyaxares
gptkb:Deioces
gptkb:Phraortes
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Neo-Assyrian_Empire
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Zoroastrianism
gptkb:Ancient_Iranian_religions
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Achaemenid_Empire
gptkbp:territory gptkb:Eastern_Anatolia
gptkb:Western_Iran
gptkb:Transcaucasia
gptkb:Northern_Mesopotamia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:palace
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4