of Cyrus I, and brother of Arukku. He should not be confused with his better-known grandson Cambyses II. The origins of the name of "Cambyses" (Old Persian:...
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northwestern India. The name of Cambyses is known in other languages as: Elamite Kanbuziya; Akkadian Kambuziya; Aramaic Kanbūzī. Cambyses was the eldest son of...
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Achaemenid Empire (redirect from Cambyses (I))
succeeded by his eldest son Cambyses II, while his younger son Bardiya received a large territory in Central Asia. By 525 BC, Cambyses had successfully subjugated...
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Look up Cambyses in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cambyses may refer to: Cambyses I, King of Anshan 600 to 559 BCE Cambyses II, King of Persia 530 to...
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Cyaxares or his son Astyages (584–550 BC). Cyrus was succeeded by his son Cambyses I. His grandson would come to be known as Cyrus the Great, founder of the...
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that Cyrus died around December 530 BC, and that his son Cambyses II had become king. Cambyses continued his father's policy of expansion, and captured...
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was a Median princess and, later, the queen consort of the Persian king Cambyses I and the mother of Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Achaemenid Empire...
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"Cambyses II". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. IV, Fasc. 7. pp. 726–729. Dandamayev, Muhammad A. (1983). "Achaemenes". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. I, Fasc...
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The Judgement of Cambyses is an oil-on-wood diptych by Dutch artist Gerard David, depicting the arrest and flaying of the corrupt Persian judge Sisamnes...
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Darius the Great (redirect from King Darius I of Persia)
The Iranians had grown rebellious against Cambyses's rule and, on 11 March 522 BCE, a revolt against Cambyses broke out in his absence. On 1 July, the...
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detailed stories), Bardiya went to Egypt with Cambyses and was there for some time but later Cambyses sent him back to Susa out of envy, because "Bardiya...
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empire. Fearful of the dream's prophecy, Astyages married her off to Cambyses I of Anshan, who had a reputation for being a "quiet and thoughtful prince"...
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Artaxerxes I (/ˌɑːrtəˈzɜːrksiːz/, Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠 Artaxšaçāʰ; Greek: Ἀρταξέρξης) was the fifth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, from...
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that ran parallel[clarification needed] to the reigns of Cyrus I and his son Cambyses I. As the great-grandfather of Darius the Great, this line ultimately...
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ancestor and founder, the dynasty furthermore included Cyrus I, Cambyses I, Cyrus II, Cambyses II and Bardiya. Anshan was part of the Elamite Kingdom during...
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Pythian Games founded at Delphi (traditional date). 580 BC: Cambyses I succeeds Cyrus I as King of Anshan and head of the Achaemenid dynasty (approximate...
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dynasty. Teispes (I) son of Achaemenes c. 710–c. 685 BCE Cambyses (I) son of Teispes (I) c. 685–c. 660 BCE Cyrus (I) son of Cambyses (I) c. 660–c. 635 BCE...
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a ruler of the Achaemenid Empire, as the son and successor of Artaxerxes I. After a reign of forty-five days—where he only had control over the Persian...
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(A-ḫa-ma-ni-iš-ʾ) in the non-contemporaneous trilingual Behistun Inscription of Darius I. The Old Persian proper name is traditionally derived from haxā- "friend"...
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king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four quarters of the world, son of Cambyses, the great king, king of the city of Anshan, grandson of Cyrus, the great...
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Sogdianus (section Death of Artaxerxes I)
an illegitimate son of Artaxerxes I by his concubine Alogyne of Babylon. The last inscription mentioning Artaxerxes I being alive can be dated to December...
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Cambyses I, as Darius the Mede, son of Ahasuerus, and strange also to refer to the same king as Cyrus in some passages and Darius in others. Cambyses...
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Herodotus, Astyages married his daughter Mandane to the Persian king Cambyses I, with whom she would have a son, Cyrus II, connecting the Median dynasty...
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581 BC—Suizei becomes the second Emperor of Japan. c. 580 BC—Cambyses I succeeds Cyrus I as king of Anshan and head of the Achaemenid dynasty. c. 580...
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and is considered unlikely by some scholars. After Cyrus I, Anshan was ruled by Cambyses I (r. 600-559 BCE). If credibility is given to the information...
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relationships with their relatives while Herodotus states that before Cambyses I this was not a Persian practice. Roman poets Catullus and Ovid both included...
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BC–550 BC. Carthage conquers Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica. 559 BC—King Cambyses I of Anshan dies and is succeeded by his son Cyrus II the Great. 558 BC—Hegesias...
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his son. Cyrus I of Anshan, his son. Ariaramnes of Persia, son of Teispes and co-ruler of Cyrus I. Cambyses I of Anshan, son of Cyrus I. Arsames of Persia...
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population’s imagination to this day. Tomb of Cyrus the Great Tomb of Cambyses I The Private Palace. The Audience Palace. The Gateway Palace. The citadel...
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Xenophon claim that he had a daughter named Mandane, who would have married Cambyses I and would have been the mother of Cyrus the Great. Ctesias denied the...
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