Cyaxares
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Born | Ecbatana |
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Iran | |
Place of burial | Qyzqapan, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq |
Parents | Phraortes |
House | Medes |
Children | Astyages |
Died | 585 BC |
Grandchildren | Amytis of Babylon |
Mandane of Media | |
Cyaxares II | |
Amitis Shahbanu | |
Amytis of Media | |
Median | ᴴuvaxšϑra |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 555127 |
Cyaxares Life story
Cyaxares was the third king of the Medes. Cyaxares collaborated with the Neo-Babylonian Empire to destroy the Neo-Assyrian Empire, and united most of the Iranian peoples of ancient Iran, thereby transforming Media into a regional power.