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  Cyrus the Great - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
According to Herodotus, Cyrus met his death in a battle with the Massagetae -- a tribe from the southern deserts of Kharesm and Kizilhoum in the southernmost portion of the steppe region.
The queen of the Massagetae, Tomyris, prevailed after Cyrus had previously defeated Tomyris' son Spargapises.
The Massagetae were related to the Scythians in their dress and mode of living; they fought on horseback and on foot.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cyrus_the_Great   (1483 words)

  
 573   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Lucius Aruntius killed himself, to Proximus, after having been pardoned by Nero, killed themselves; either not be troubled, at some other time, to obtain a second pardon, accusations against worthy men.
Spargapises, son of Queen Tomyris, being him, in commanding him to be unbound, to kill himself, having pretended the disgrace of being taken.
Sextilia, wife of Scaurus, and Paxaea, wife of Labeo, to encourage their other share than conjugal affection, voluntarily sacrificed their own What they did for their husbands, Cocceius Nerva did for his country, flourishing in health, riches, reputation, and favour with the Emperor, miserable state of the Roman Republic.
www.freetemplate.ws /57/573.html   (278 words)

  
 Nomads of the Steppe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
I don't believe in the existence of an all-female tribe of warriors, but recent archeological evidence in the region has supported the idea of at least some steppe-dwelling females achieving status as warriors.
Then too, the Central Asian Massagetae, ruled at an early date by the warrior-queen Tomyris lends some credence to the idea.
After her son committed suicide in Cyrus's captivity, Tomyris swore revenge and finally succeeded in both killing Cyrus and defeating his army.
www.hostkingdom.net /siberia.html   (7915 words)

  
 Nisean History
There was urgency in his request; one of the people the Assyrians were warring with, the Medes, were also warring with Urartu.
In 590 BC, the Medes destroyed Urartu completely and took over the lands that would now become famous for their fantastic horses.
When the leaders became drunk, he captured them; one of the men was the son of Tomyris.
www.competitivehorse.com /Iraq/Nisean.htm   (8105 words)

  
 Update for (590) Tomyris - May 4/5, 2000
IOTA/IOTA-ES occultation update for (590) Tomyris / HIP 69631 = SAO 120368 event on May 4/5, 2000 visible from N Iran, N Iraque, N Syria, S Turkey, Greece, S Albania, S Italy, Pyreney (France/Spain border) & N Spain in Europe and Newfoundland in North America Summary
In the night of May 4/5, 2000 a ~8.2 mag star HIP 69631 = SAO 120368 will be occulted by a small 41 km asteroid (590) Tomyris.
This update is based on USNO/Flagstaff and TMO astrometry for the asteroid and Hipparcos star position.
mpocc.astro.cz /updates/2000/0505tom.html   (406 words)

  
 Women Warriors Throughout History, 3500BC to 20th Century, battle, tournament, soldier, revolutionary, duellist, ...
Ancient warrior queens included Vishpla, Aahhotep I, Zabibi, Samsi, Tomyris, Himoko, Jingo Kogo, Mavia, Saimei and Dihya al-Kahina.
There are depictions of Hittite women warriors dating from 1300 BC.
Emperor Alexander Severus issued an edict prohibiting women combatants in the arena in 200 AD Women were barred from military participation in a law passed at the synod of Druim Ceat in 590 A.D. The law proved to be unenforceable when the women warriors refused to lay down their arms.
www.lothene.demon.co.uk /others/women.html   (2243 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Other staff: Corinna Stoeffl, Scout Tomyris, Bob Palmer, Molly Young Brown.
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www.wildernessguidescouncil.org /wgc/find.html   (3146 words)

  
 ateaseweb.com mb > WHEAT... MARK IV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Massagets are well known in the history with conflict with Persian Empire Cyrus.
Indeed, it was the female leader of Massagets Tomyris who killed the first and arguably greatest of the Persian kings, Cyrus the Great in order to take revenge of killed sun.
By 100 BC Massagets merged with other Eastern Scytheans.
www.ateaseweb.com /mb/lofiversion/index.php/t135-11100.html   (5774 words)

  
 Ethics of Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian Empires by Sanderson Beck
Cyrus also expanded the Persian empire greatly in the east to the edge of India; but if he was influenced by the new religion of Zarathushtra, it did not quell his desire for imperial conquest.
Near the Jaxartes River he ran into the Massagetae led by Queen Tomyris, who sent him the following message:
King of the Medes, I advise you to abandon this enterprise,
www.san.beck.org /1-6-Persia.html   (22283 words)

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