Cambyses II

The second Achaemenid emperor (530–522 BC)

Atossa (Old Persian: Utauθa, or Old Iranian: Hutauθa; 550–475 BC) was an Achaemenid empress. She was the daughter of Cyrus the Great, the sister of Cambyses II, the wife of Darius the Great, the mother of Xerxes the Great and the grandmother of Artaxerxes I. Atossa was undoubtedly the most prominent woman in the history of Iran. During her husband's reign, she had a direct role in state affairs as queen. She played an important role history of Iran, serving at the court of Darius the Great. She was a poet and a scholar, teaching Persian literature to young people, and played a leading role in

525 BCE battle between Egypt and Achaemenid Empire

Burial place of Apis bulls in Saqqara

painting by Gerard David

thumb|300x270px|Reconstruction of the Oikumene (inhabited world) as described by Herodotus in the 5th century BC. The Macrobians (Μακροβίοι) were a legendary people mentioned by Herodotus, speculated to have lived in the Horn of Africa. They were one of the peoples postulated by the Greeks to exist at the extremity of the known world; in this case, in the extreme south. This contrasts with the Hyperboreans, who were said to live in the extreme north.

524 BC disappearance of a Persian army

Cambysene was a region first attested in the Geographica ("Geography") of the ancient geographer and historian Strabo (64/3 BC – AD). According to Strabo, it comprised one of the northernmost provinces of the ancient Kingdom of Armenia, and bordered on the Caucasus Mountains and was a rough and waterless region through which a pass connecting Caucasian Albania and Iberia passed. It was eventually lost by Armenia to Caucasian Albania, likely after 69 BC.

Phaedymia (or Phaedyme, Phædima; ) was the daughter of Otanes, a nobleman of the Achaemenid Persian court in the early 6th century BCE. She was married, successively, to Cambyses II, then Bardiya (or Galatia), and then Darius I.

conquest of Egypt by the Persian Achaemenid Empire (525 BCE)

an archaeological site located 8 km from the Mediterranean coast in the Galilee region of Israel between Haifa and Akko

thumb|300px|Lion-bait at Warwick between Wallace and dogs, Tinker and Ball, circa 1827. Lion-baiting is a blood sport involving the baiting of lions against dogs.