CAMBYSES

Meaning of CAMBYSES in English

/kam buy"seez/ , n.

died 522 B.C., king of Persia 529-522 (son of Cyrus the Great).

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CAMBYSES — Cambyses BrE AmE kæm ˈbaɪs iːz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CAMBYSES — Pronunciation: kam- ' b ī -( ˌ )s ē z Function: biographical name d 522 B.C. son of Cyrus II …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CAMBYSES II — biographical name died 522 B.C. son of Cyrus II the Great king of Persia (529-22)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CAMBYSES II — biographical name died 522 B.C. son of Cyrus II the Great king of Persia (529-22)
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CAMBYSES II — flourished 6th century BC Achaemenid king of Persia (reigned 529522 BC), who conquered Egypt in 525; he was the eldest …
Britannica English vocabulary
CAMBYSES I — flourished 6th century BC ruler of Anshan c. 600559 BC. Cambyses was the son of Cyrus I and succeeded his …
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PELUSIUM — Ancient Egyptian city. Located on what was once the easternmost mouth of the Nile River , its ruins lay southeast …
Английский словарь Британика
DAVID, GERARD — born с 1460, Oudewater, Neth. died Aug. 13, 1523, Bruges Netherlandish painter. He worked mainly in Bruges, where he entered …
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ACHAEMENIAN DYNASTY — (559–330 BC) Early Persian dynasty. It derives its name from Achaemenes, who is thought to have lived in the early …
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SMERDIS — also called Bardiya (6th century BC), king of Persia in 522521 BC. Smerdis was the son of Cyrus the Great …
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SAITE DYNASTY — (664525 BC), the 26th dynasty of ancient Egypt, a native dynasty between the reigns of the earlier Cushites, or Ethiopians, …
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PSAMTIK III — flourished 6th century BC last king (reigned 526525 BC of the 26th dynasty of Egypt, who failed to block the …
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PELUSIUM — Greek Pelousion, ancient Egyptian city on the easternmost mouth of the Nile River (long silted up). The Egyptians likely called …
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HYSTASPES — flourished 7, th and 6th centuries BC also called Gushtasp protector and follower of the Iranian prophet Zoroaster. Son of …
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GRECO-PERSIAN WARS — also called Persian Wars (492-449 BC), a series of wars fought by Greek states and Persia over a period of …
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DAVID, GERARD — born c. 1460, Oudewater, Neth. died Aug. 13, 1523, Bruges painter who was the last great master of the Bruges …
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CROESUS — died c. 546 BC last king of Lydia (reigned c. 560546), who was renowned for his great wealth. He conquered …
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BISITUN — also spelled Bisotun, historically Behistun village and precipitous rock situated at the foot of the Zagros Mountains in the Kermanshah …
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AHMOSE II — flourished 6th century BC king of the 26th dynasty (reigned 570526 BC), a general who seized the throne during a …
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ACHAEMENID DYNASTY — the Persian 27th dynasty of Egypt (525-404 BC), founded by Cambyses II of Persia and named after his family of …
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ACHAEMENIAN DYNASTY — also called Achaemenid, Persian Hakhamanishiya (559-330 BC), ancient Iranian dynasty whose kings founded and ruled the Achaemenian Empire. Achaemenes (Persian …
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PELUSIUM — Ancient Egyptian city. Located on what was once the easternmost mouth of the Nile River , its ruins lay southeast …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DAVID, GERARD — born 0441; 1460, Oudewater, Neth. died Aug. 13, 1523, Bruges Netherlandish painter. He worked mainly in Bruges, where he entered …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ACHAEMENIAN DYNASTY — (559330 BC) Early Persian dynasty. It derives its name from Achaemenes, who is thought to have lived in the early …
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ZERUBBABEL — (born at Babel, i.e. Babylon), the head of the tribe of Judah at the time of the return from the …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
THEBES — (Authorized Version No, the multitude of No. populous No), a chief cite of ancient Egypt, long the capital of the …
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SIN — a city of Egypt, mentioned only by Ezekiel. (Ezekiel 30:15,16) The name is Hebrew, or at least Semitic, perhaps signifying …
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SHUSHAN, OR SUSA — (a lily), is said to have received its name from the abundance of the lily (shushan or shushanah) in its …
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PERSIA — (pure, splended), Per'sians. Persia proper was a tract of no very large dimensions on the Persian Gulf, which is still …
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MEMPHIS — (haven, of the good), a city of ancient Egypt, situated on that western bank of the Nile, about nine miles …
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EZRA, BOOK OF — is a continuation of the books of Chronicles. The period covered by the book is eighty years, from the first …
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CYRUS — (the sun), the founder of the Persian empire-see (2 Chronicles 36:22,23; Daniel 6:28; 10:1,13)-was, according to the common legend, the …
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