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A map showing the ancient Median Empire around 550 BC at its maximum extent. This war lasted five years, until a solar eclipse known as the Eclipse of Thales occurred in 585 BCE, during which a battle was fought between the Lydian and Median armies. Hence, this battle became known as the Battle of the Eclipse.
- Syromedia (present-day Qyzqapan)
- Ancient Iranian religion
- Phraortes
- Daughter (or granddaughter) of Nabopolassar
Cyaxares (died 585 bc) was the king of Media (located in what is now northwestern Iran), who reigned from 625 to 585 bc. According to the 5th-century-bc Greek historian Herodotus, Cyaxares renewed the war with the Assyrians after his father, Phraortes, had been slain in battle.
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Background. Cyaxares (625–585 BC) was one of the most famous and powerful kings of Media and responsible for helping to bring down the regional superpower Assyria. He is most well known for organizing all of the tribes of the Iranian Plateau and building the Median Empire.
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Nov 25, 2019 · Achaemenid Army organized under Cyrus the Great of Persia based on Cyaxares' model. 522 BCE - 486 BCE The Achaemenid Persian military is expanded and refined under the reign of Darius I the Great.
- Joshua J. Mark
Dec 15, 1993 · The only historically attested Median king named Cyaxares is the one whom Herodotus (1.73, 1.103-07) mentioned as a son of Phraortes and father of the last Median king, Astyages. If the eclipse of the sun mentioned by Herodotus (1.74) was that of 585, then Cyaxares reigned until 585/4 b.c.e. He may have been the Makišturri referred to in an ...
Cyaxares (Persian Uvakhšatara, Akkadian Umakištar): name of a king of the Medes, who may have reigned from c.625 to c.585. Two Medes The only account of the reign of Cyaxares can be found in the first book of the Histories by the Greek researcher Herodotus (c.480-c.429).
Cyaxares was the third king of the Medes. Introduction Cyaxares Cyaxares; Name; Life and reign Scythian rule War in Parthia War against Assyria Conquest of Urartu War against the Lydians Death
