Cyaxares II (Ancient Greek: Κυαξάρης) was a king of the Medes whose reign is described by the Greek historian Xenophon. Some theories have equated this...

Nebuchadnezzar II marrying Cyaxares's daughter Amytis, and Cyaxares marrying a daughter or granddaughter of Nabopolassar. Once the alliance between Cyaxares and...

Amytis) was a queen of Babylon, wife of Nebuchadnezzar II and daughter of the Median king Cyaxares. The female name Amytis is the Latinised form of the...

Astyages, son of Cyaxares, establishing a new balance of power among the Near Eastern states. In a few words, Herodotus states that Cyaxares subjugated all...

last king of the Median kingdom, reigning from 585 to 550 BCE. The son of Cyaxares, he was dethroned by the Persian king Cyrus the Great. Astyages succeeded...

Cyaxares I one of the Near East tribal rulers of the end of the 8th century BC. Cyaxares I, who, according to Berosus and Abydenus, was also called Astyages...

father-in-law of Cyrus by mediaeval Jewish commentators matches that of Cyaxares II, who is said to be the son of Astyages by Xenophon. Thus this Ahasuerus...

history by identifying him with various known figures, notably Cyrus, Cyaxares, or Gobryas, the general who was first to enter Babylon when it fell to...

consider such an identification doubtful. He was later succeeded by his son Cyaxares. /freɪˈɔːrtiz/ fray-OAR-teez (Old Persian: 𐎳𐎼𐎺𐎼𐎫𐎡𐏁, romanized: Fravartiš;...

risen to the position of paramount chief, subjugating his former equals. Cyaxares probably rose to prominence in this context. He may indeed have fought...

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Cyropaedia relates instead that Astyages died and was succeeded by his son, Cyaxares II, the maternal uncle of Cyrus (1.5.2). In the initial campaign against...

Daiukku, mentioned several times in Neo-Assyrian texts from the time of Sargon II. Daiukku governed somewhat independently a district on the border between...

daughter of the Median king Astyages (r. 585-550 BCE). Therefore, his son Cyrus II was the grandson of Astyages. According to Herodotus, Astyages had a dream...

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sister, and thus a daughter of his predecessor, Cyaxares. By marrying his son to a daughter of Cyaxares, Nebuchadnezzar's father Nabopolassar likely sought...

Tehran Times. 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2021-07-15. "Cambyses I". Livius.org. Retrieved 2021-07-15. "Cyrus II". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Retrieved 2021-08-10....

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Seleucids led by Antiochus VII Sidetes and the Parthians led by Phraates II, and marked the final attempt on the part of the Seleucids to regain their...

Astyages, son of the Median king Cyaxares as part of a diplomatic marriage to seal a peace treaty between Cyaxares and Alyattes. Aryenis became the Queen...

China. 28 May 585 BC—A solar eclipse occurs while Alyattes of Lydia fights Cyaxares of Media at a battle on the Halys river, leading to a truce. This is a...

She was the daughter of the Median king Astyages, and the wife of Cyrus II. The female name Amytis is the Latinised form of the Greek name Amutis (Αμυτις)...

Xerxes II (/ˈzɜːrksiːz/; Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 Xšayār̥šā; Ancient Greek: Ξέρξης Xérxēs; died 424 BC) was a Persian king who was very briefly a ruler...

Empire started unravelling, Madyes was assassinated by the Median king Cyaxares, who expelled the Scythians from West Asia. The name Madyes is the Latinised...

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Teispes (II) son of Achaemenes or Cyrus (I), king of Persia, king of Anshan, c. 635–c. 610 BCE Cyrus I of Anshan or Cyrus (II), son of Teispes (II), king...

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Pasargadae Fall of Ecbatana Kings/Satraps Deioces Phraortes Madyes Cyaxares Astyages Cyaxares II Darius the Mede Other Medians Amytis of Babylon Artembares Datis...

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while Cyrus was still a vassal to his (also probably fictional) uncle, Cyaxares II. His wife Panthea was taken by Cyrus on the conquest of the Assyrian...