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• Cambyses I of Anshan — Cambyses I, Old Persian: Kambūjiya, the Elder (c. 600 BC ndash;559 BC) was King of Anshan from c. 580 to 559 BC and was the father of Cyrus II (Cyrus the Great). His name in Greek was Καμβύσης , whence the Latin Cambyses. Cambyses was an early… …   Wikipedia

• Cambyses (II) — [kam bī′sēz΄] died 522 B.C.; king of Persia (529 522): son of Cyrus the Great * * * …   Universalium

• Cambyses (II) — [kam bī′sēz΄] died 522 B.C.; king of Persia (529 522): son of Cyrus the Great …   English World dictionary

• Cambyses (II) — [kam bī′sēz΄] died 522 B.C.; king of Persia (529 522): son of Cyrus the Great …   English World dictionary

• Cambyses II — ▪ king of Persia flourished 6th century BC       Achaemenid king of Persia (reigned 529–522 BC), who conquered Egypt in 525; he was the eldest son of King Cyrus II the Great by Cassandane, daughter of a fellow Achaemenid. During his father s… …   Universalium

• Cambyses II — biographical name died 522 B.C. son of Cyrus II the Great king of Persia (529 22) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• List of kings of Persia — History of Greater Iran until the rise of modern nation states Pre modern …   Wikipedia

• Cambyses (disambiguation) — Cambyses or Cambese (Greek: polytonic|Καμβύσης; Old Persian Kambujiya ) is the name of three members of the Achaemenid line of ancient Persia:*Cambyses, son of Teispes of Anshan, father of Cyrus I, [ Herod., VII.II. ] didn t rule. *Cambyses I of… …   Wikipedia

• Persia — • The history, religion, and civilization of Persia are offshoots from those of Media. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Persia     Persia      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• PERSIA — (Heb. פָּרָס, Paras), empire whose home coincided roughly with that of the province of Fars in modern Iran. Its inhabitants, calling themselves Persians, are first mentioned in Assyrian records of approximately 640 B.C.E. According to these… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism