Atropatena (Eski Farsça: Ātṛpātakāna, Grekçe: Ατροπατήνη) veya Medya Atropatena, MÖ 4. yüzyılda çoğu bugünkü İran Azerbaycanı ve İran Kürdistanı[2] olarak bilinen bölgede kurulmuş ve başkenti Gazaka kenti olmuş[3] eski bir krallık. Günümüzdeki Azerbaycan'ın tarihi adı Atropatena'dan kaynaklanmıştır.[4]
^Media Atropatene, Compiled by S.E. Kroll, 1994 in Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World: Map-by-map Directory, Richard J. A. Talbert, Princeton University Press, 2000. Volume 2. pg 1292: "The map approximates the region called by Greek authors Media Atropatene after Atropates, the satrap of Alexander who governed there and later became an independent ruler. The modern name Azerbaijan derives from Atropatene. Originally, Media Atropatene was the northern part of greater Media. To the north, it was separated from Armenia by the R. Araxes. To the east, it extended as far as the mountains along the Caspian Sea, and to the west as far as Lake Urmia (ancient Matiane Limne) and the mountains of present-day Kurdistan. The R. Amardos may have been the southern border.". pg 1293: "Another important site (but not as large as the places just noted) is the famous fire-temple Adur Gushnasp, situated high in the Kurdish mountains at the holy lake of Takht-i Suleiman, and never mentioned by any ancient western source. It"[1] 3 Ocak 2014 tarihinde Wayback Machine sitesinde arşivlendi.