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:...

northwestern India. The name of Cambyses is known in other languages as: Elamite Kanbuziya; Akkadian Kambuziya; Aramaic Kanbūzī. Cambyses was the eldest son of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

"Cambyses II". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. IV, Fasc. 7. pp. 726–729. Dandamayev, Muhammad A. (1983). "Achaemenes". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. I, Fasc...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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"...

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...

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...

Artaxerxes I (/ˌɑːrtəˈzɜːrksiːz/, Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠 Artaxšaçāʰ; Greek: Ἀρταξέρξης) was the fifth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, from...

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...

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...

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...

(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"...

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...

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...

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...

diminishing power of Media in Southwest Asia. It was the first battle Cambyses I had fought in, and the first which he had fought with his son, Cyrus the...

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...

method in Europe for naming years. Cyrus the Great succeeds his father Cambyses I of Anshan. In the year of his accession (560–559 BC), the Babylonian king...

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...

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...

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...

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...