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Cyaxares
Sign in to saveCyaxares 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.
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Cyaxares was a male military leader and king of the Median Kingdom. Born in Ecbatana in 700 BCE, he was the son of Phraortes. His children included Astyages and Amytis of Media. He died in either 584 BCE or 585 BCE. Historical relatives of Cyaxares include Croesus, Nabopolassar, and Atys. He is described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, and the Description of Greece.
A separate musical group also named Cyaxares is associated with the area of Sulaymaniyah. This group is categorized as an artist type of Group. Their music is tagged with genres including death metal, oriental metal, iraq, oriental death metal, and mesopotamian death metal.
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Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Cyaxares
- Royalty.title
- King of Media
- Royalty.image
- 18. Detail. The facade of the rock-cut tombs of Qizqapan, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan. Probably Achaemenid (6th-5th century BCE) rather than Median.jpg
- Royalty.image_size
- 300px
- Royalty.caption
- Possible relief of Cyaxares, Qyzqapan tomb, Sulaymaniyah. Iraqi Kurdistan.
- Royalty.succession
- King of the Medes
- Royalty.reign
- 625 – 585 BC
- Royalty.coronation
- 625 BC
- Royalty.predecessor
- Phraortes
- Royalty.successor
- Astyages
- Royalty.birth_date
- 675 BC
- Royalty.birth_place
- Ecbatana
- Royalty.death_date
- 585 BC
- Royalty.burial_place
- Syromedia (present-day Qyzqapan, Kurdistan Region)
- Royalty.spouse
- Daughter (or granddaughter) of Nabopolassar
- Royalty.issue
- AstyagesAmytis
- Royalty.dynasty
- Median dynasty
- Royalty.father
- Phraortes
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Name
- Life and reign
- Scythian rule
- War in Parthia
- War against Assyria
- Conquest of Urartu
- War against the Lydians
- Death
- Legacy
- Notes
- References
- Sources
Cyaxares 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cyaxares” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.