Cambyses II

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Achaemenid king King of Persia historical figure

Cambyses II was a king of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, best known for succeeding Cyrus the Great and conquering Egypt in the 6th century BCE.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Cambyses II canonical	42
Cambyses II of Persia	3
Cambyses	2
Cambyses II (minor scholarly view)	1
King Cambyses II of Persia	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Achaemenid king ⓘ King of Persia ⓘ historical figure ⓘ
battle	Battle of Pelusium (525 BC) ⓘ surface form: Battle of Pelusium
birthPlace	Anshan ⓘ
burialPlace	Pasargadae ⓘ
campaign	Campaign against Nubia ⓘ Campaign against the Oasis of Siwa ⓘ Conquest of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Invasion of Egypt
capital	Babylon ⓘ Susa ⓘ
capturedCity	Memphis ⓘ
country	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
culture	Persian ⓘ
deathCause	wound from an accident ⓘ
deathPlace	Eber-Nari ⓘ Syria ⓘ
dynasty	Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ
era	6th century BCE ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Persians ⓘ
father	Cyrus the Great ⓘ
givenName	Cambyses II self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cambyses
knownFor	conquering Egypt ⓘ expansion of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ succeeding Cyrus the Great ⓘ
language	Old Persian ⓘ
mentionedIn	Behistun Inscription ⓘ works of Herodotus ⓘ surface form: Herodotus' Histories
mother	Cassandane ⓘ
notableWork	Conquest of Egypt ⓘ
occupation	monarch ⓘ
opponent	Psamtik III ⓘ
predecessor	Cyrus the Great ⓘ
regnalName	Cambyses II self-link ⓘ
reignEnd	522 BCE ⓘ
reignStart	530 BCE ⓘ
religion	Zoroastrianism ⓘ
royalHouse	House of Cyrus ⓘ
ruledTerritory	Assyria ⓘ Babylon ⓘ surface form: Babylonia Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Egypt Persia ⓘ Syria ⓘ
sibling	Bardiya ⓘ
successor	Bardiya ⓘ Darius I of Persia ⓘ surface form: Darius I
title	King of Kings ⓘ Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ surface form: King of Persia Pharaoh of Egypt ⓘ

Referenced by (49)

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

Cyrus the Great → child → Cambyses II ⓘ

Cyrus the Great → successor → Cambyses II ⓘ

Achaemenid Empire → ruler → Cambyses II ⓘ

Late Period of Egypt → foreignRuler → Cambyses II ⓘ

Pelusium → conqueredBy → Cambyses II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cambyses II of Persia

King Ahasuerus → possibleIdentification → Cambyses II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cambyses II (minor scholarly view)

King of Persia → successor → Cambyses II ⓘ

subject surface form: Cyrus the Great

Mandane of Media → grandfatherOf → Cambyses II ⓘ

Cambyses I → grandfatherOf → Cambyses II ⓘ

Bardiya → predecessor → Cambyses II ⓘ

Bardiya → sibling → Cambyses II ⓘ

Bardiya → deathBeforeAccessionAccordingTo → Cambyses II ⓘ

Cassandane → child → Cambyses II ⓘ

Cassandane → motherOf → Cambyses II ⓘ

Cassandane → associatedWith → Cambyses II ⓘ

Cambyses II → givenName → Cambyses II self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cambyses

Cambyses II → regnalName → Cambyses II self-link ⓘ

Atossa → spouse → Cambyses II ⓘ

Atossa → sibling → Cambyses II ⓘ

Satrapy of Egypt → establishedBy → Cambyses II ⓘ

Satrapy of Egypt → conqueredBy → Cambyses II ⓘ

Satrapy of Egypt → underMonarch → Cambyses II ⓘ

Achaemenid kings → notableMember → Cambyses II ⓘ

Amasis II → contemporaryOf → Cambyses II ⓘ

Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt → firstRuler → Cambyses II ⓘ

Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt → hasRuler → Cambyses II ⓘ

Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt → establishedBy → Cambyses II ⓘ

Psamtik III → successor → Cambyses II ⓘ

Psamtik III → opponent → Cambyses II ⓘ

Psamtik III → defeatedBy → Cambyses II ⓘ

Psamtik III → capturedBy → Cambyses II ⓘ

Psamtik III → overthrownBy → Cambyses II ⓘ

Persian army → usedBy → Cambyses II ⓘ

Battle of Pelusium (525 BC) → commander → Cambyses II ⓘ

Battle of Pelusium (525 BC) → victorLeader → Cambyses II ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Cambyses II of Persia

Saite Egypt → conqueredBy → Cambyses II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cambyses II of Persia

Artystone → relative → Cambyses II ⓘ

Achaemenid dynasty → notableMember → Cambyses II ⓘ

Tanyoxarces → predecessor → Cambyses II ⓘ

Tanyoxarces → sibling → Cambyses II ⓘ

Achaemenid succession crisis of 522 BCE → hasParticipant → Cambyses II ⓘ

Conquest of Egypt → commander → Cambyses II ⓘ

Conquest of Egypt → newRuler → Cambyses II ⓘ

Conquest of Egypt → associatedKing → Cambyses II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cambyses II of Persia

Campaign against the Oasis of Siwa → orderedBy → Cambyses II ⓘ

Campaign against the Oasis of Siwa → relatedTo → Cambyses II ⓘ

House of Cyrus → hasMember → Cambyses II ⓘ

Book 3 → featuresCharacter → Cambyses II ⓘ

subject surface form: Book 3 (Cyropaedia)

this entity surface form: Cambyses

Teispes → ancestorOf → Cambyses II ⓘ