Median Empire

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Median_Empire
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ancient_people
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:Babylonian_Empire
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Median_Kingdom
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite gptkb:Godin_Tepe
gptkb:Tepe_Nush-i_Jan
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Ecbatana
gptkbp:conqueredBy gptkb:Cyrus_the_Great
gptkbp:defeatedBy gptkb:Neo-Assyrian_Empire
gptkbp:dissolved c. 549 BC
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Medes
gptkbp:existsIn gptkb:Iron_Age
gptkbp:founded c. 678 BC
gptkbp:historicalSource gptkb:Babylonian_Chronicles
Herodotus
gptkbp:language Median
gptkbp:locatedIn northwestern Iran
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:fall_of_Nineveh
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Astyages
gptkb:Cyaxares
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Neo-Assyrian_Empire
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Zoroastrianism
ancient Iranian religions
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Achaemenid_Empire
gptkbp:territoryIncludes parts of modern Armenia
parts of modern Azerbaijan
parts of modern Iran
parts of modern Iraq
parts of modern Turkey
parts of modern Turkmenistan
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Persian_Empire
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Median Empire