<Li> Esfahan; Seljuk, Safavid era </Li> <Li> Istakhr, Sassanian era </Li> <Li> Ecbatana (later Hamadan), Median Empire, Achaemenid era, Seljuks (Greater and Iraq Seljuks) </Li> <Li> Kunya Urgench; early Khwarezmid era </Li>

What was the capital of the ancient persian empire