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Cyaxares

Cyaxares was the third king of the Medes. He ascended to the throne in 625 BC, after his father Phraortes lost his life in a battle against the Assyrians, probably Ashurbanipal.

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Born
675 BC Ecbatana
Burial
Syromedia (present-day Qyzqapan, Kurdistan Region)
Coronation
625 BC
Died
585 BC
Dynasty
Median
Father
Phraortes

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Cyaxares

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Avg. degree1.97
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related to Name · 62
Cyaxares → Aegean, AlteSchwabacher, Artaxerxes, Astibaras, Astyages's, AtlantisFraktur, Breitkopf Fraktur, BreitkopfFraktur, Cankama, Code2001, Cprt, Diodorus Siculus, FetteFraktur, Fraktur3, FreeSerif, Greek Kuaxárēs, Hano, Hellenisation, KochFraktur, KochFraktur OT
related to War against Assyria · 30
Cyaxares → Amytis, Arrapha, Assur, Assyria, Assyrian, Assyrian-Mannaean, August, Babylonian, BCE, Cyaxares's, Following, Gablinu, In November, July, Kalhu, Mannae, Medes, Median, Nabopolassar, Nabopolassar's
related to War against the Lydians · 26
Cyaxares → After, Alyattes, Arphaxad, Assyrian Empire, Azerbaijan, Babylonians, BC, BCE, Book, Cyaxares's, Following, Judith, King Nebuchadnezzar II, Later, Lydia, Lydian, Lydian Empire, Medes, Media, Median-ruled Transcaucasia
related to Legacy · 20
Cyaxares → Achaemenid Empire, After, After Darius, Another, Avesta, Behistun Inscription, Cyaxares's, Darius, He, Khshathrita, Mede, Media, One, Phraortes, Sagartia, Sagartian, The, Tritantaechmes, Zoroaster, Zoroastrianism
related to War in Parthia · 20
Cyaxares → According, At, Cyaxares's, Cydraeus, Dahae, Diodorus, Diodorus Siculus, During, Hyrcania, Marmares, Medes, Media, Median, Parthia, Parthian, Parthians, Sacae, Saka, Stryngaeus, Zarinaia
related to Scythian rule · 16
Cyaxares → According, Ashurbanipal, Asia, Assyria, Assyrians, Assyrians' Scythian, BCE, Following, Herodotus, In, Madyes, Medes, Median, Phraortes, Scythian, Scythians
related to Death · 9
Cyaxares → Astyages, Battle, BCE, Eclipse, Igor Diakonoff, Iraqi Kurdistan, Qyzqapan, Sulaymaniyah, The Russian
Born · 1
Cyaxares → 675 BC Ecbatana
Burial · 1
Cyaxares → Syromedia (present-day Qyzqapan, Kurdistan Region)
Coronation · 1
Cyaxares → 625 BC

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king medes median bce assyrian media scythian war empire phraortes babylonian assyria nabopolassar battle scythians assur babylonians assyrians urartu seized

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CyaxaresBorn675 BC Ecbatana1.00infobox
CyaxaresBurialSyromedia (present-day Qyzqapan, Kurdistan Region)1.00infobox
CyaxaresCoronation625 BC1.00infobox
CyaxaresDied585 BC1.00infobox
CyaxaresDynastyMedian1.00infobox
CyaxaresFatherPhraortes1.00infobox
CyaxaresIssueAstyages Amytis1.00infobox
CyaxaresMedianᴴuvaxšϑra1.00infobox
CyaxaresPredecessorPhraortes1.00infobox
CyaxaresReign625 – 585 BC1.00infobox
CyaxaresReligionAncient Iranian religion1.00infobox
CyaxaresSpouseDaughter (or granddaughter) of Nabopolassar1.00infobox
CyaxaresSuccessorAstyages1.00infobox
Cyaxaresis aLatinised form of the Greek Kuaxárēs0.90text

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