Bit Daiukki

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Bit Daiukki

ancient city, Iran

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Hamadan
…names: it was possibly the Bit Daiukki of the Assyrians, Hangmatana, or Agbatana, to the Medes, and Ecbatana to the Greeks. One of the Median capitals, under Cyrus II (the Great; died 529 bce) and later Achaemenian rulers, it was the site of a royal summer palace. A little east…
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…names: it was possibly the Bit Daiukki of the Assyrians, Hangmatana, or Agbatana, to the Medes, and Ecbatana to the Greeks. One of the Median capitals, under Cyrus II (the Great; died 529 bce) and later Achaemenian rulers, it was the site of a royal summer palace. A little east…
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