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Cambyses II

Type Figure Region Persia Time c. -540–-522 Also known as Cambyses、Cambyses the Great

Cambyses II (c. 540–522 BCE), second ruler of the Achaemenid Persian Empire and son of Cyrus the Great, succeeded c.…

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  1. c. -530Pasargadae · FarsAfter Cyrus the Great fell in battle on an eastern campaign, Cambyses II succeeded as the second Achaemenid ruler, inheriting the vast empire his father had built.
  2. -525–-522Memphis · EgyptIn 525 BCE Cambyses II defeated Egypt's Twenty-sixth Dynasty, brought Egypt into the Achaemenid Empire, became pharaoh under Persian rule, and extended the empire's borders to the Nile Valley.
  3. -522en route between Syria and Egypt · LevantCambyses II died in 522 BCE, plunging the empire into a power vacuum; the revolt of the false Bardiya broke out and was ultimately suppressed by Darius I, who then took the throne.

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