Media
Ancient region of north-western Iran
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Summary
Media is a satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire[1]. Media ranks in the top 7% of satrapy of the achaemenid empire entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,164 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Ethnic group: Medes[3]
- Religion or worldview: Zoroastrianism[4], Mithraic mysteries[5]
- Instance of: historical region[6]
- Head of state: Cyrus the Great[7]
- Capital: Ecbatana[8]
- Basic form of government: monarchy[9]
- Followed by: Achaemenid Empire[10]
- Part of: Medo-Persia[11]
- Commons category: Median Empire[12]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 550 BC[13]
- Start time: 672 BC[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Medes[15]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[18], Otto's encyclopedia[19], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[20], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[21], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[22], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[24]
- Replaced by: Jibal[25]
- Language used: Median[26]
Why It Matters
Media has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Media is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]