Sagartien
 
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Sagartian capital Arbela (Iraq) |
Sagartien or Asagarta ( old Persian Asagarti , Elamish Assakarti , Babylonian KUR Sagarta , Greek Sagartí ) was the ancient name of a province above Gutium .
Around 715 BC Sagartien was conquered by Kyaxares I and confederate tribal associations of the Medes . The exact boundaries cannot yet be determined, as the boundaries have shifted again and again due to the migration movements of the Median tribal associations. Arbela (today Erbil ) formed the center and was also the capital of Sagartien. The Assyrian name Arbela means (city of) four gods .
As a result, Sagartien advanced from around 615 BC. To the Babylonian ally and was involved in the overthrow of the Assyrian Empire and the city of Babylon as an ally. Cyrus II took over in 539 BC Sagartien without a fight after he had offered the then prince Gobryas I the office of satrap over Babylon. Sagartien then became part of the Achaemenid Empire .
At the Battle of Gaugamela in 331 BC The Persian king Dareios III became. Defeated in Arbela by Alexander the Great despite multiple superior numbers and the use of sickle chariots and war elephants.
See also
literature
- Robert Rollinger: The Median Empire, the End of Urartu and Cyrus the Great Campaigne 547 BC Chr. In Nabonaid Chronicle II 16 in: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Ancient Cultural Relations between Iran and West-Asia , Teheran 2004