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	The Seven Great Monarchies, by George Rawlinson, Fifth Monarchy, Part C.
		Cambyses, the father of Cyrus the Great—called Atradates by the Syrian writer—is ruler of Persia, and resides in his native country, while his son Cyrus is permanently, or at any rate usually, resident at the Median Court, where he is in high favor with the reigning monarch, Astyages.
		Cambyses did not like to force their inclinations, on account of their recent voluntary submission; and as, without their aid, his navy was manifestly unequal to the proposed service, he felt obliged to desist from the undertaking.
		Cambyses may have known that in the ranks of his army there was much sympathy with Magism, and may have doubted whether, if the whole conspiracy were laid bare, he could count on anything like a general adhesion of his troops to the Zoroastrian cause.
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	Cyrus the Great - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cyrus the Great was the son of the Persian king Cambyses I and a Mede princess from the Achaemenid dynasty, which ruled the kingdom of Anshan, in what is now southwestern Iran.
		Cambyses is considered by Herodotus and Ctesias to be of humble origin, but they further note his marriage to Princess Mandane of Media, who was the daughter of Princess Aryenis of Lydia and Astyages, king of the Medes.
		Cambyses continued his father's policy of expansion, and managed to capture Egypt for the Empire, but soon died, after only seven years of rule.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cyrus_the_Great (3347 words)

	Cambyses I of Anshan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cambyses was an early member of the Achaemenid dynasty.
		According to Herodotus, Cambyses was "a man of good family and quiet habits".
		According to Herodotus, Astyages chose Cambyses as a son-in-law because he considered him to pose no threat to the Medean throne.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cambyses_I_of_Anshan (237 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Cambyses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Cambyses CAMBYSES [Cambyses], two kings of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia.
		Cambyses I was king (c.600 BC) of Ansham, ruling as a vassal of Media.
		According to Herodotus, he was the son of an Iranian noble, the elder Cambyses, and a Median princess, daughter of Astyages.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Cambyses (634 words)

	Cambyses
		Cambyses was born in 558 B.C.E. He came to the throne of Hatti faced with rebellion.
		It is tradition for the younger sibling to attempt a coup and usurp the throne of the elder brother.
		Cambyses was also building a fleet in his Phoenician ports to threaten from the sea.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/prehistory/egypt/history/people/cambyses.html (441 words)

	Cyrus II of Persia - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Cyrus's ancestors of the Achaemenid Dynasty had for several generations ruled the kingdom of Anshan, in what is now southwestern Iran.
		Cyrus had two sons: Cambyses and Smerdis, as well as several daughters, of whom Atossa is significant in the eyes of posterity, since she married Darius I of Persia and was mother of Xerxes I of Persia.
		Inscriptions indicate that when the latter died, two of his sons shared the throne as Cyrus I of Anshan and Ariaramnes of Persia.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Cyrus_II (1424 words)

	HighBeam Research: Library Search: Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It is founded on the story of Cambyses (king of Persia) in Herodotus; its bombastic grandiloquence became proverbial and is referred to in 1 Henry IV, ii.
		He was the son of Cambyses, of the Persian family of the Achaemenids, and the vassal of...
		A distant cousin of Cambyses II (see under Cambyses), he succeeded to the throne after the fall of the impostor claiming to be Smerdis.
	www.highbeam.com /library/search.asp?refid=ency_botresults&q=Cambyses (1039 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 843 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Shortly afterwards Cambyses dreamt that a messenger came to him from Persia, announcing that his brother was seated on the royal throne with his head reaching to the skies.
		Among the few persons who were privy to the murder was Patizei-thes, a Magian, who had been left by Cambyses in charge of his palace and treasures.
		Cambyses heard of the revolt in Syria, but he died of an accidental wound in the thigh, as he was
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/3177.html (1034 words)

	Photius' excerpt of Ctesias' Persica (1)
		Cambyses first made this arrangement with him through Izabates, the cousin of Combaphis, and afterwards confirmed it by his personal promise.
		[§13] Then Cambyses, having summoned Labyzus, the chief of Tanyoxarces' eunuchs, and the other eunuchs, showed them the Magian seated and dressed in the guise of his brother, and asked them whether they thought he was Tanyoxarces.
		Izabates, who had gone to convey the body of Cambyses to Persia, finding on his return that the Magian was reigning under the name of Tanyoxarces, disclosed the truth to the army and exposed the Magian.
	www.livius.org /ct-cz/ctesias/photius_persica.html (2313 words)

	Informat.io on Achaemenid
		In 559 BC, Cambyses I the Elder was succeeded as king of Anڑān by his son Cyrus the Great, who also succeeded the still-living Arsames as King of Persia, thus reuniting the two realms.
		Cyrus' unstable son Cambyses II conquered Egypt, but died in July 522 BC as the result of either accident or suicide, during a revolt led by a priest, Gaumata.
		Bardiya; Cambyses' brother whom he had secretly had assassinated in 525, before starting out for his Egyptian campaign) until he was overthrown in 522 BC by a member of a lateral branch of the Achaemenid family, Darius I (Old Persian Dārayawuڑ "Who Holds Firm the Good", also known as Darayarahush or Darius the Great).
	www.informat.io /?title=achaemenid (2709 words)

	The History of Herodotus - Volume I By Herodotus -- Translated into English By G.C. Macaulay, M.A- Chapter 4 from ...
		Now if Cambyses when he perceived this had changed his plan and led his army back, he would have been a wise man in spite of{22} his first mistake; as it was, however, he paid no regard, but went on forward without stopping.
		So when Cambyses asked them, they gave him an answer which was both upright and safe, saying that they found no law which permitted a brother to marry his sister, but apart from that they had found a law to the effect that the king of the Persians might do whatsoever he desired.
		Now while Cambyses the son of Cyrus was spending a long time in Egypt and had gone out of his right mind, there rose up against him two brothers, Magians, of whom the one had been left behind by Cambyses as caretaker of his household.
	www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in /resources/english/etext-project/history/herod1/chapter4.html (9019 words)

	Dusharm, Dream of Persia - The Achaemenid Dynasty
		They were succeeded by their respective sons Cambyses I (Kambūjiya), ruler of Anšān, and Arsames (Aršāma "Having a Hero's Might").
		Cambyses II went insane as he planned to invade Ethiopia.
		Cambyses killed his brother Smerdis (Bardiya "Exalted One"), but a Median priest, Gaumata, pretended to be him, taking his name, imitating his appearance and seizing control of the seat of power while Cambyses was still in Upper Egypt.
	www.dusharm.com /content/view/7/2 (876 words)

	In Depth Bible Studies
		For example, Cyrus' son Cambyses II became the co-regent of Babylon while Cyrus was still alive.
		Cyrus's son Cambyses II becomes co-regent with Cyrus and rules over Babylon beginning in 530 B.C. while Cyrus traveled the empire on a campaign.
		Such a speculation is not unreasonable given the relationship that existed between Astyages the Mede and Cambyses I the Persian as well as Hystaspes later rule under his son Darius the Great who was king.
	www.biblestudying.net /christianity4.html (6607 words)

	Achaemenids: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		The Achaemenids (c.550â“330 b.c.) were important for their development of government administration, the appearance of literature written in cuneiform, and the spread of Zoroastrianism ; during this period there was also a great flourishing of Persian art and architecture.
		The Achaemenid rulers after Cyrus were Cambyses II, the impostor Smerdis, Darius I, Xerxes I, Artaxerxes I, Xerxes II, Sogdianus, Darius II, Artaxerxes II (opposed by Cyrus the Younger), Artaxerxes III, Arses, and Darius III.
		According to Herodotus, he was the son of an Iranian noble, the elder Cambyses, and a Median princess...
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/achaemenids.jsp?l=A&p=1 (1174 words)

	Informat.io on Cyrus The Great
		Cyrus, the son of a Persian king named Cambyses I and a Mede princess, was from the Achaemenid Dynasty, which ruled the kingdom of Anshan, in what is now southwestern Iran.
		But they also consider him as being married to Princess Mandane of Media, a daughter of Astyages, King of the Medes and Princess Aryenis of Lydia.
		Cyrus had two sons: Cambyses and Smerdis, as well as several daughters, of whom Atossa is significant since she married Darius the Great and was mother of Xerxes I of Persia.
	www.quaest.io /?title=Cyrus_the_Great (1768 words)

	The Liberator; Cyrus the Great - (CAIS)
		the first king in the world to be referred to as "The Great," was son of Cambyses the elder, the vessel Persian king of the Median Empire called Anšan and Mandana the Median princess, daughter of Astyages.
		The Massagetae were similar to the another Iranian nomadic group the Scythians in their dress and mode of living; they fought on horseback and on foot.
		Although Cyrus the Great was known to be a great conqueror, and a superb military commander, who founded the greatest empire the world has ever seen, but he is admired and lauded as a liberator rather than a conqueror.
	www.cais-soas.com /CAIS/History/hakhamaneshian/Cyrus-the-great/cyrus_the_great.htm (1410 words)

	Herodotus' Histories Book III
		Another thing also contributed to this expedition, which was as follows:--There was among the foreign mercenaries of Amasis a man who was by race of Halicarnassos, and his name was Phanes, one who was both capable in judgment and valiant in that which pertained to war.
		He then, when he saw them passing out by him and perceived that his son was leading the way to die, did the same as he had done with respect to his daughter, while the other Egyptians who sat round him were lamenting and showing signs of grief.
		Now if Cambyses when he perceived this had changed his plan and led his army back, he would have been a wise man in spite of his first mistake; as it was, however, he paid no regard, but went on forward without stopping.
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		Bardiya; Cambyses' brother whom he had secretly had assassinated in 525, before starting out for his Egyptian campaign) until he was overthrown in 522 BC by a member of a lateral branch of the Achaemenid family, Darius I (Old Persian Dāryavuš "Who Holds Firm the Good", also known as Darayarahush or Darius the Great).
		Darius attacked the Greek mainland, which had supported rebellious Greek colonies under his aegis; but as a result of his defeat at the Battle of Marathon in 490, he was forced to pull the limits of his empire back to Asia Minor.
		Arsames of Persia, son of Ariaramnes and co-ruler with Cambyses I †
	www.gamecheatz.net /games.php?title=Achaemenid_dynasty (2903 words)

	545 BC oddd.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		- 580 BC - Cambyses I succeeds Cyrus I as king of Anshan and head of the Achaemenid dynasty.
		Straightforward deconstruction reveals a social upheaval, perhaps in the early 1st millennium BC (perhaps even after the age of Homer) in which the cult of Attis, the consort of Cybele, the Great Goddess of Anatolia, was introduced among the Maeones by a new dynasty.
		Cyrus II of Persia, widely known as Cyrus the Great or Cyrus the Elder, (ca.
	545.bc.en.oddd.org (4404 words)

	The History of Herodotus, by G.C. Macaulay (tr.) (chapter3)
		So making account of the matter thus, he did as follows:—there was a daughter of Apries the former king, very tall and comely of form and the only person left of his house, and her name was Nitetis.
		Then when Smerdis had gone away to Persia, Cambyses saw a vision in his sleep of this kind:—it seemed to him that a messenger came from Persia and reported that Smerdis sitting upon the royal throne had touched the heaven with his head.
		Now about the time of the sickness of Cambyses it had come to pass as follows:—There was one Oroites, a Persian, who had been appointed by Cyrus to be governor of the province of Sardis.
	etext.library.adelaide.edu.au /h/herodotus/h4m/chapter3.html (10671 words)

	Cyrus the Great - QuickSeek Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Many historians, following other ancient writers (such as Ctesias), deny this genealogy, and the whole of Cyrus' life is encrusted with legend.
		He used Susa, Ecbatana, and Babylon as his capitals but was buried at Pasargadae, where he had built a splendid palace.
		Cyrus II of Persia, also known as Cyrus the Great or Cyrus the Elder, (ca.
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	[FREE IRAN Project] In The Spirit Of Cyrus The Great :: View topic - Cyrus the Great Summary (590 BC-529 BC)
		Cambyses is considered by Herodotus and Ctesias to be of humble origin, but they also consider him as being married to Princess Mandane of Media, a daughter of Astyages, king of the Medes and Princess Aryenis of Lydia.
		Cyrus had two sons: Cambyses and Smerdis, as well as several daughters, of whom Atossa is significant, as she later married Darius the Great and was mother of Xerxes I of Persia.
		A Griffin emblem, one of the symbols of the Persian Empire.In 559 BC, Cyrus succeeded his father, Cambyses the Elder as king of Anshan.
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	THE THIRD BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED THALEIA
		Otanes then sent a second time and said: "If thou dost not thyself know Smerdis the son of Cyrus, then do thou ask of Atossa who this man is, with whom both she and thou live as wives; for assuredly it must be that she knows her own brother."
		This day the Persians celebrate in common more than all other days, and upon it they keep a great festival which is called by the Persians the festival of the slaughter of the Magians,[67a] on which no Magian is permitted to appear abroad, but the Magians keep themselves within their houses throughout that day.
		From the Ionians and the Magnesians who dwell in Asia and the Aiolians, Carians, Lykians, Milyans and Pamphylians (for one single sum was appointed by him as tribute for all these) there came in four hundred talents of silver.
	www.globusz.com /ebooks/Herodotus/00000016.htm (8773 words)

	Chapter 6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It is certain that Cyrus and Cambyses were both called kings of Babylon in contract tablets of the same month and year.
		Thus Smerdis the Magian married the wives of his deceased predecessor Cambyses and Darius Hystaspis married Atossa, the daughter of Cyrus, and Phædyma, the daughter of Otanes,
		Here, Belshazzar is evidently in some official position, which entitles him to be associated with his father in an unusual and striking manner, that is similar to the way in which Cyrus and Cambyses, and later Antiochus and Seleucus, are associated on the inscriptions.
	home.earthlink.net /~ironmen/wilson/studies_chap06.htm (7709 words)

	Achaemenid dynasty - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Achaemenid dynasty began with Cyrus the Great (ruling 559 BC - 529 BC, King of Persia and Media.
		Although Cyrus is considered to be the first king of the Achaemenid dynasty, the elder Cambyses is properly credited with that title.
		The dynasty's name comes from a legendary progenitor before the elder Cambyses.
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