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Cambyses II

550 BC - 522 BC

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Cambyses II (Old Persian: 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹, romanized: Kaᵐbūjiya) was the second King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning 530 to 522 BCE. He was the son of and successor to Cyrus the Great (r. 550 – 530 BC); his mother was Cassandane. His relatively brief reign was marked by his conquests in North Africa, notably Egypt, which he took by defeating pharaoh Psamtik III (r. 526–525 BC) at the battle of Pelusium in 525 BC. After his victory in Egypt, he expanded the empire's holdings in Africa by taking Cyrenaica, the coastal region of eastern Libya. In the spring of 522 BC, Cambyses had to leave Egypt hastily to put down a revolt in Persia. En route in Syria (Eber-Nari), Cambyses somehow received a thigh wound; it soon became gangreneous. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cambyses II is the 553rd most popular politician (down from 377th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Iran (down from 19th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Iranian Politician.

Cambyses II was the son of Cyrus the Great and was the King of Persia from 530 BC to 522 BC. Cambyses II is most famous for his invasion of Egypt in 525 BC.

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Among politicians, Cambyses II ranks 553 out of 19,576. Before him are Abdul Hamid I, Ayub Khan, Baldwin V of Jerusalem, Mustafa II, Philip VI of France, and Liu Bei. After him are Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Stephen Báthory, Zenobia, Frederick William IV of Prussia, and Ashraf Ghani.

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Among people born in 550 BC, Cambyses II ranks 2. Before him is Darius the Great. After him are Zechariah, Hecataeus of Miletus, Aristides, Haggai, Ephialtes of Trachis, Himilco, Mahākāśyapa, Alcetas I of Macedon, Atossa, and Labashi-Marduk. Among people deceased in 522 BC, Cambyses II ranks 1. After him are Bardiya, and Nebuchadnezzar III.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Cambyses II ranks 21 out of 631. Before him are Hafez (1325), Ismail I (1487), Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078), Ulugh Beg (1394), Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (865), and Hassan-i Sabbah (1050). After him are Al-Tabari (839), Bodhidharma (483), Malik-Shah I (1055), Tughril (990), Xerxes II of Persia (-500), and Tahmasp I (1514).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Cambyses II ranks 7. Before him are Xerxes I (-519), Cyrus the Great (-600), Harun al-Rashid (766), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919), Darius III (-380), and Ali Khamenei (1939). After him are Malik-Shah I (1055), Xerxes II of Persia (-500), Tahmasp I (1514), Khosrow I (501), Nader Shah (1688), and Nizam al-Mulk (1018).

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