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Cyaxares

For other persons of the same name, see Cyaxares I and Cyaxares II.

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Cyaxares
King of Media
Possible relief of Cyaxares, Qyzqapan tomb, Sulaymaniyah. Iraqi Kurdistan.
King of the Medes
Reign625 – 585 BC
Coronation625 BC
PredecessorPhraortes
SuccessorAstyages
Born675 BC
Ecbatana
Died585 BC
Burial
Syromedia (present-day Qyzqapan, Kurdistan Region)[2]
SpouseDaughter (or granddaughter) of Nabopolassar
IssueAstyages
Amytis
Medianᴴuvaxšϑra
DynastyMedian dynasty
FatherPhraortes
ReligionAncient Iranian religion

Cyaxares[a] was the third king of the Medes. He ascended to the throne in 625 BC, after his father Phraortes lost his life in a battle against the Assyrians, probably Ashurbanipal. Assyrian allies, the Scythians then ruled Media for 28 years before Cyaxeres overthrew Scythian domination and became king.

Cyaxares collaborated with the Babylonians to destroy the Assyrian Empire, and united most of the Iranian peoples of ancient Iran, thereby transforming Media into a major power.[8][9]

  1. ^ Diakonoff 1985, p. 139.
  2. ^ according to Igor Diakonoff[1]
  3. ^ Ivantchik, Askold (1993). Les Cimmériens au Proche-Orient [The Cimmerians in the Near East] (PDF) (in French). Fribourg, Switzerland; Göttingen, Germany: Editions Universitaires Fribourg (Switzerland); Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (Germany). p. 83. ISBN 978-3-727-80876-0.
  4. ^ a b c d Diakonoff 1993.
  5. ^ Akbarzadeh, D.; A. Yahyanezhad (2006). The Behistun Inscriptions (Old Persian Texts) (in Persian). Khaneye-Farhikhtagan-e Honarhaye Sonati. p. 87. ISBN 964-8499-05-5.
  6. ^ Kent, Ronald Grubb (1953). Old Persian: Grammar, Text, Glossary. pp. 177.
  7. ^ Schmitt 2011, pp. 216–218.
  8. ^ Cyaxares Archived 2014-10-22 at the Wayback Machine (Livius.org)
  9. ^ Cyaxares king of Media britannica.com


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