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  2. Cyrus the Great - Wikipedia

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    Cyrus II "the Great" was a son of Cambyses I, who had named his son after his father, Cyrus I. [36] There are several inscriptions of Cyrus the Great and later kings that refer to Cambyses I as the "great king" and "king of Anshan". Among these are some passages in the Cyrus cylinder where Cyrus calls himself "son of Cambyses, great king, king ...

  3. Cyrus the Great in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    A chronicle drawn up just after the conquest of Babylonia by Cyrus gives the history of the reign of Nabonidus ("Nabu-na'id"), the last king of Babylon, and of the fall of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. [ citation needed ] In 538 BC, there was a revolt in southern Babylonia, while the Persian army entered the country from the north.

  4. Kingdom of Cyprus - Wikipedia

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    The Kingdom of Cyprus (French: Royaume de Chypre; Latin: Regnum Cypri) was a medieval kingdom of the Crusader states that existed between 1192 and 1489. [2] Initially ruled as an independent Christian kingdom, it was established by the French House of Lusignan after the Third Crusade. [2]

  5. List of monarchs of Iran - Wikipedia

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    Cyrus the Great 559–530 BC ... The dynasty of the Median kings was known as the Cyaxarid dynasty, named after him or a pre-Deicoes king. [1] 4 Astyages:

  6. Return to Zion - Wikipedia

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    In 539 BCE, the Persian king Cyrus the Great issued the Edict of Cyrus allowing the Jews to return to Jerusalem and the Land of Judah, which was made a self-governing Jewish province under the new Persian Empire. The Persian period marks the onset of the Second Temple period in Jewish history.

  7. Cambyses I - Wikipedia

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    Cambyses I (Old Persian: 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹 Kambūjiya) was king of Anshan from c. 580 to 559 BC and the father of Cyrus the Great (Cyrus II), younger son of Cyrus I, and brother of Arukku. [1] He should not be confused with his better-known grandson Cambyses II.

  8. Astyages - Wikipedia

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    When a second dream warned Astyages of the dangers of Mandane's offspring, Astyages sent his general Harpagus to kill the child Cyrus. Herodotus correctly names Cyrus' parents, though he fails to mention that Cambyses was a king. [7] [8] Modern scholarship generally rejects his claim that Cyrus was the grandson of Astyages. [9]

  9. Category:Kings of Cyprus - Wikipedia

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    For the ancient monarchs of the island, see Category:Kings of ancient Cyprus. Pages in category "Kings of Cyprus" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of ...