Cyaxares

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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.

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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

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Median Empire notableRuler Cyaxares
Nabopolassar ally Cyaxares
Medes ruler Cyaxares
Amytis of Media father Cyaxares
Darius the Mede possibleIdentificationProposedByScholars Cyaxares
this entity surface form: Cyaxares II
Fall of Nineveh commander Cyaxares
Median forces commandedBy Cyaxares
Median forces leader Cyaxares
Media notableRuler Cyaxares
Phraortes successor Cyaxares
this entity surface form: Cyaxares I
Alyattes II opponent Cyaxares
Ashur-uballit II conflict Cyaxares
Ashur-uballit II opponent Cyaxares
Cyaxares name Cyaxares self-link
Siege of Nineveh commander Cyaxares
Median Kingdom hasLeader Cyaxares
Astyages predecessor Cyaxares
Astyages father Cyaxares
Median dynasty hasKing Cyaxares