Cambyses II Cyrus II

• General Notes
  • Cambyses in EgyptThe empire of Cyrus passed to his son Cambyses II    (53 0-522 BC), who was as savage and ugly of temper as Cyrus had   been  mild a nd generous. The father had conquered Asia, the son   undertook  the conque st of Africa. Having skillfully and suc  (kmb??sz) (KEY) , two kings of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia.      Cambys es I wasking (c.600 B.C.) of Ansham, ruling as a vassal of      Media. Accord ing to Herodotus he married the daughter of the Median   king Astyages; so me scholars dispute this. Cambyses?אשא