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Xerxes I (/ ˈ z ɜː r k ˌ s iː z / ZURK-seez [2] [a] c. 518 – August 465 BC), commonly known as Xerxes the Great, [4] was a Persian ruler who served as the fourth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 486 BC until his assassination in 465 BC.
Cyaxares the Great becomes the king of the Medes after Phraortes dies fighting the Assyrians. [1] 624 BC: The Medes under Cyaxares repel the Scythians. [1] 612 BC: Together with the Neo-Babylonian Empire, Cyaxares the Great sacks the Assyrian capital Nineveh and destroys the Neo-Assyrian Empire. [1] 600 BC: Cyrus I becomes king of Persia.
Son of Yazdegerd III, lived in exile in China (Tang dynasty) and led Iranian resistance against the Arabs. Recognized by the Tang dynasty as "king of Persia". [106] Ruled a Tang-supported Iranian kingdom in Sistan or Tokharistan [107] 661–674. [108] Narsieh (Narseh III) 678/679 [105] –after 708/709 [109] (over 20 years) Son and successor of ...
Darius the great king, king of kings, king of countries, son of Hystaspes, an Achaemenid. King Darius says: This is the kingdom which I hold, from the Sacae who are beyond Sogdia to Kush, and from Sind (Old Persian: 𐏃𐎡𐎭𐎢𐎺, "Hidauv", locative of "Hiduš", i.e. "Indus valley") to Lydia (Old Persian: "Spardâ") – [this is] what ...
son of Wadfradad III Sub-king of the Parthian Empire. Aramaic coin legend d'ryw mlk brh wtprdt mlk ' (𐡃𐡀𐡓𐡉𐡅 𐡌𐡋𐡊 𐡁𐡓𐡄 𐡅𐡕𐡐𐡓𐡃𐡕 𐡌𐡋𐡊, "King Darius, son of King Wadfradad"). 4 Ardakhshir II: 1st century BCE (2nd half) son of Darayan II Sub-king of the Parthian ...
Darius (Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavaʰuš; Ancient Greek: Δαρεῖος Dareios; c. 485 – 465 BCE), was crown prince of the Persian Empire. He was the eldest son of the Persian king Xerxes I and his wife Amestris. His younger brothers were Hystaspes and Artaxerxes, and his younger sisters were Rhodogune and Amytis.
Idanthyrsus was the son of his predecessor, the Scythian king Saulius, ... Persian invasion. When Darius I of Persia invaded Scythia, about 513 BC, ...
Arsames lived to see his grandson, Darius I, become the Great King of the Persian Empire, though he died during his reign. Arsames and his son Hystaspes are noted as being alive in 522 BC, [4] indicating that he had survived well into old age. His name (Aršāma) translates to "having a hero's strength". [6]