Cyaxares
E356569
Cyaxares was a 6th-century BCE king of the Medes who reorganized the Median military and expanded the empire, playing a key role in the fall of the Assyrian Empire.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cyaxares canonical | 20 |
| Cyaxares I | 1 |
| Cyaxares II | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Median king
ⓘ
king ⓘ person ⓘ |
| alliance |
Nabopolassar
ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ |
| battle | Siege of Nineveh ⓘ |
| capital | Ecbatana ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity |
6th century BCE
ⓘ
7th century BCE ⓘ |
| child | Astyages ⓘ |
| conflict | Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ |
| country | Median Empire ⓘ |
| deathDate | c. 585 BCE ⓘ |
| dynasty | Median dynasty ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Median ⓘ |
| event | participation in the destruction of Nineveh in 612 BCE ⓘ |
| expandedInto |
Assyrian territories
ⓘ
parts of Anatolia ⓘ parts of northwestern Iran ⓘ |
| father | Phraortes ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Iron Age ⓘ |
| knownFor |
expanding the Median Empire
ⓘ
key role in the fall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ reorganizing the Median military ⓘ |
| languageContext | Old Iranian languages ⓘ |
| legacy | foundation for later Achaemenid expansion ⓘ |
| militaryReform |
creation of specialized military divisions
ⓘ
introduction of separate infantry and cavalry units ⓘ |
| name |
Cyaxares
self-link
ⓘ
Uvaxštra ⓘ |
| notableEvent | war with Lydia ending in a solar-eclipse truce ⓘ |
| occupation | monarch ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Cyrus
ⓘ
surface form:
King of the Medes
|
| predecessor | Phraortes ⓘ |
| regionRuled |
northwestern Iran
ⓘ
parts of Anatolia ⓘ parts of Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| reignEnd | c. 585 BCE ⓘ |
| reignStart | c. 625 BCE ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Iranian religion ⓘ |
| source | Herodotus ⓘ |
| successor | Astyages ⓘ |
| treaty | peace agreement with Alyattes of Lydia ⓘ |
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cyaxares II