Ecbatana

Ecbatana, located in the midst of the Zagros mountains and on the strategic Silk Road caravan route from Mesopotamia to the Persian plateau, was once the capital of the Median Empire. With its pleasant summer climate, it was known as a resort city but in early January we found it heavily cov…

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