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Astyages was the last king of the
Median kingdom,
reigning from 585 to 550 BCE. The son of Cyaxares, he was
dethroned by the
Persian king
Cyrus the Great...
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ancient Persian Achaemenid Empire. She was the
daughter of the
Median king
Astyages, and the wife of
Cyrus II. The
female name
Amytis is the
Latinised form...
- The Medo-Persian
conflict was a
military campaign led by the
Median king
Astyages against Persis in the mid 6th-century BCE.
classical sources claim that...
- such an act,
Astyages had the boy
brought to his court, and
interviewed him and his
adoptive father. Upon the shepherd's confession,
Astyages sent Cyrus...
- cheerful”.
Mandane was the
daughter of
Astyages, but the name of her
mother is not mentioned. It is said that
Astyages married Aryenis in 585 BC, but it is...
- was a v****al of the
Median king
Astyages and, he
solidified his
political standing through marriage to one of
Astyages' daughters,
whose name wasn't explicitly...
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member of the
Median royal house who
served King
Astyages, the last king of Media. When word
reached Astyages that
Cyrus was
gathering his forces, he ordered...
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ancient Near East
alongside Babylon, Lydia, and Egypt.
During his reign,
Astyages (r. 585–550 BCE)
worked to
strengthen and
centralize the
Median state,...
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Cyaxares II, who is said to be the son of
Astyages by Xenophon. Thus this
Ahasuerus is
commonly identified with
Astyages. He is
alternatively identified, together...
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daughter of Cyaxares, and the
sister of
Astyages.
Amytis had a niece, also
named Amytis, from her
brother Astyages.
Amytis married Nebuchadnezzar to formalize...
