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Cyrus the Great

Cyrus II of Persia

Founder of the Achaemenid Empire (559–529 BC).

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Statements about Cyrus the Great

Family

Achaemenid Dynasty

Sex or Gender

Male

Father

Cambyses I

Mother

Mandane of Media

Child

Cambyses II
Bardiya
Atossa
Roxane
Artystone
Gaumata

Place of Birth

Anshan Persia
Located in the Administrative Territorial Entity
:
Persis

Spouse

Cassandane
Amytis
Neithiyti

Date of Birth

600 BC
Sourcing Circumstances
:
Circa

Date of Death

530 BC

Occupation

Sovereign
Military Leader
Founder
Monarch

Present in Work

Bible
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Cyrus the Great in the Bible
Cyropaedia
Cyrus the Great in the Quran
Civilization VI
Book of Ezra
Isaiah
Second Book of Chronicles

Given Name

Cyrus

Place of Death

Syr Darya

Described by Source

Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q25044277
Sytin Military Encyclopedia
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q25385866
Russian Translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q45191234
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Subject Named As
:Cyrus, the Great or the Elder
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24440165
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Vol. 5
Page(s)
:494
The New Student's Reference Work
Statement Is Subject Of
:
The New Student's Reference Work/Cyrus the Great
Pauly–Wissowa
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Kyros 6 (Pauly-Wissowa)

Place of Burial

Tomb of Cyrus the Great

Position Held

Great King
(559 BC - 530 BC)
Replaces
:
Cambyses I
Replaced By
:
Cambyses II
Applies to Jurisdiction
:
Achaemenid Empire
Start Time
: 559 BC
End Time
: 530 BC
King of Kings
(559 BC - 530 BC)
Replaces
:
Cambyses I
Replaced By
:
Cambyses II
Applies to Jurisdiction
:
Achaemenid Empire
Start Time
: 559 BC
End Time
: 530 BC

Religion or Worldview

Mazdaism

Noble Title

King of Media
King of Kings
King of Sumer and Akkad
King of the Universe
Great King
King of the Four Corners

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

Old Persian
Babylonian
Elamite

Different From

Darius the Mede

Name in Native Language

𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁
Unnamed
:bug: P2440

Country of Citizenship

Achaemenid Empire
Anshan Persia

Said to Be the Same As

Dhul-Qarnayn
Kay Bahman
Cyrus the Great in the Bible

Image

Image 1

Instance Of

Human

Replaced By

Cambyses II

Manner of Death

Death in Battle
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