House of Cyrus

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The House of Cyrus was the ruling dynasty of the early Achaemenid Empire in ancient Persia, founded by Cyrus the Great and continued by his successors.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
House of Cyrus canonical 1
House of Cyrus the Great 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf royal dynasty
ruling house
associatedWithTitle Great King
King of Kings
capital Babylon
Ecbatana
Pasargadae
continent Asia
country Achaemenid Empire
culturalSphere Ancient Iranian civilization
dynastyOf Persia
endTime c. 522 BCE
late 6th century BCE
ethnicGroup Persians
followedBy House of Darius I
surface form: House of Darius
foundedBy Cyrus the Great
foundingContext overthrow of the Median Empire
governmentForm monarchy
hasMember Atossa
Bardiya
Cambyses I
Cambyses II
Cassandane
Cyrus the Great
Teispes
houseType imperial family
language Old Persian
namedAfter Cyrus the Great
notableEvent conquest of Lydia
conquest of Media
conquest of Neo-Babylonian Empire
foundation of the Achaemenid Empire
partOf Achaemenid dynasty
predecessor Median dynasty
region Persia
religion Zoroastrianism
royalHouseOrigin Anshan
startTime 6th century BCE
c. 559 BCE
successorState Achaemenid Empire
surface form: Achaemenid Empire under Darius I
territorialExtent Anatolia
Iranian plateau
surface form: Iranian Plateau

Levant region
surface form: Levant

Mesopotamia
parts of Central Asia

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cambyses II royalHouse House of Cyrus
Parmys house House of Cyrus
this entity surface form: House of Cyrus the Great