Ktesifon

Also known as Al-Mada'in, Mahoze, Mahuza

Ctesiphon ( ; , Tyspwn or Tysfwn; ; , ; ) was an ancient city in modern Iraq, on the eastern bank of the Tigris, about 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of Baghdad. Ctesiphon served as a royal capital of the Iranian empires for over eight hundred years, in the Parthian and Sasanian periods. Ctesiphon was the administrative capital of the Sasanian Empire from 226 to 637 (when it was conquered by the Arabs), or until the conclusion of the Muslim conquest of Persia in 651 AD.

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Ctesiphon was an ancient city located on the Tigris River in what is now Iraq, about 22 miles southeast of Baghdad, that served as a royal capital for Iranian empires for over 800 years during the Parthian and Sasanian periods. It matters historically because it functioned as the administrative center of the powerful Sasanian Empire from 226 until its conquest by Arab forces in the 630s-650s AD.

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Ancient site.name: Ctesiphon
Ancient site.native_name: ()
Ancient site.image: Ctesiphon map-en_reformat.svg
Ancient site.caption: Map of the metropolis of Ctesiphon in the Sasanian era
Ancient site.map_type: Iraq
Ancient site.location: Salman Pak, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq
Ancient site.region: Mesopotamia
Ancient site.type: Settlement
Ancient site.relief: yes
Ancient site.excavations: 1928–1929, 1931–1932, 1960s–1970s
Ancient site.archaeologists: Oscar Reuther, Antonio Invernizzi, Giorgio Gullini
Ancient site.condition: Ruined

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: archaeological site
Part of: Seleucia-Ctesiphon
Country: Parthian Empire
Located in: Baghdad Governorate
Population: 500000
Area: 30
Time zone: UTC+03:00
Body of water: Tigris
Capital of: Sasanian Empire
Shares border with: Seleucia
Image: Ctesiphon.jpg
Significant event: Battle of Ctesiphon

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Commons category: Ctesiphon
topic's main category: Category:Ctesiphon
located in the present-day administrative territorial entity: Iraq
culture: Greater Iran
inception: 0120-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 0637-03-00
replaced by: Baghdad

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Article · Svenska

Ktesifon (persiska تیسفون, Ṭīsfūn; grekiska Κτησιφῶν) var en av de stora städerna i det antika Mesopotamien och huvudstad i Parterriket och dess efterföljare Sasanidernas välde. Staden antas ha varit världens största mellan år 570 och 637 efter Kristus. Ktesifon omnämns för första gången i Esras bok i Gamla Testamentet som "Kasfia" vilket härleds från det iranska namnet Kas, som är ett kognat till kaspisk (till exempel Kaspiska havet) och Qazvin. Resterna efter staden ligger 32 kilometer sydost om Bagdad i Irak. Staden undersöktes arkeologiskt 1928-29 av Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft. Vid Ktesifon stod 22 november 1915 under första världskriget ett slag, där den turkiska armén besegrade en brittisk.

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