Cambyses I
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Cambyses I was king of Anshan from c. 580 to 559 BC and the father of Cyrus the Great, younger son of Cyrus I, and brother of Arukku. He should not be confused with his better-known grandson Cambyses
Tomb of Cambyses I, Pasargadae
Darius In Parse
Cambyses II
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Cambyses II was the second King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 530 to 522 BCE. He was the son of and successor to Cyrus the Great; his mother was Cassandane. His relatively brief rei
Cambyses I
…and the father of Cyrus the Great (Cyrus II), younger son 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: 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹, romanized: Kaᵐbūjiya) is disputed in scholarship; according to some scholars, the name is…
Cambyses (left, kneeling) as pharaoh while worshipping an Apis bull (524 BC)
Overview of the ruins of Babylon
Imaginary 19th-century illustration of Cambyses II meeting Psamtik III.
Ethiopians bring tribute in the Apadana reliefs in Persepolis