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 | | It was in the sixth year of Nabonidus (549 BC) that Cyrus, the Achaemenid Persian "king of Anshan" in Elam, revolted against his suzerain Astyages, "king of the Manda" or Medes, at Ecbatana. |
 | | A year before Cyrus' death, in 529 BC, he elevated his son Cambyses II in the government, making him king of Babylon, while he reserved for himself the fuller title of "king of the (other) provinces" of the empire. |
 | | A few years later, probably 514 BC, Babylon again revolted under ; on this occasion, after its capture by the Persians, the walls were partly destroyed. |
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