According to Herodotus, Amasis, was asked by Cambyses II or Cyrus the Great for an Egyptian ophthalmologist on good terms.

Herodotus also relates the desecration of Ahmose II / Amasis ' mummy when the Persian king Cambyses conquered Egypt and thus ended the 26th Saite dynasty:

# Cambyses II

Later in the inscription, Darius provides a lengthy sequence of events following the deaths of Cyrus the Great and Cambyses II in which he fought nineteen battles in a period of one year ( ending in December of 521 BC ) to put down multiple rebellions throughout the Persian Empire.

The inscription states in detail that the rebellions, which had resulted from the deaths of Cyrus the Great and his son Cambyses II, were orchestrated by several impostors and their co-conspirators in various cities throughout the empire, each of whom falsely proclaimed kinghood during the upheaval following Cyrus's death.

The Persian Emperor Cambyses II upon conquering Ancient Egypt sent ambassadors to Macrobia bringing luxury gifts for the Macrobian king to entice his submission, but instead the Macrobian ruler replied with a challenge for the Persian ruler in the form of an unstrung bow, that if the Persians could manage to string, they would have the right to invade his country, but until then they should thank the gods that the Macrobians never decided to invade their empire.

* 559 BC — King Cambyses I of Anshan dies and is succeeded by his son Cyrus II the Great.

Following Cyrus the Great's conquest of the Near East and Central Asia, Cambyses II further expanded the empire into Egypt during the Late Period by defeating the Egyptian pharaoh Psamtik III during the battle of Pelusium in 525 BCE.

Cambyses II of Persia capturing pharaoh Psamtik III from " Persian seal, VI century BCE "

This was once thought to refer to Cambyses II ( H. Schafer, Die Aethiopische Königsinschrift des Berliner Museums, 1901 ); however, Nastasen lived far later and was likely referring to Khabash.

The lost army of Cambyses II according to a 19th century engraving

Cambyses II has appeared as a character in several works of fiction.

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A year before Cyrus ' death, in 529 BC, he elevated his son Cambyses II in the government, making him king of Babylon, while he reserved for himself the fuller title of " king of the ( other ) provinces " of the empire.

Also according to Herodotus ( III. 139 ), Darius, prior to seizing power and " of no consequence at the time ", had served as a spearman ( doryphoros ) in the Egyptian campaign ( 528 – 525 BCE ) of Cambyses II, then the Persian Great King.

Before Cyrus and his army crossed the Aras River to battle with northern tribes, he installed his son Cambyses II as king in case he should not return from battle.

Darius did not seem to have any treasonous thoughts as Cambyses II ascended the throne peacefully, and through promotion Darius was eventually elevated to Cambyses's personal lancer.

Darius's account, written at the Behistun Inscription states that Cambyses II killed his own brother Bardiya, but that this murder was not known among the Iranian people.

According to the accounts of Greek historians, Cambyses II had left Patizeithes in charge of the kingdom when he headed for Egypt.

* 529 BC — Cambyses II started to rule.

* 525 BC — Cambyses II, ruler of Persia, conquers Egypt, defeating Psammetichus III.

Bardiya (, Bardiya ;,, Greek: Smerdis ) ( possibly died 522 BCE ) was a son of Cyrus the Great and the younger brother of Cambyses II, both Persian kings.

* Cambyses, 530 – 522 BC: Book 2 and part of Book 3 ;

The Iranians had grown rebellious against Cambyses's rule and on 11 March 522 BCE a revolt against Cambyses broke out in his absence.

Darius, who had served Cambyses as his lance-bearer until the deposed ruler's death, prayed for aid and in September 522 BCE, along with Otanes, Intraphrenes, Gobryas, Hydarnes, Megabyxus and Aspathines, killed Gaumata in the fortress of Sikayauvati.

* 522 BC — Bardiya succeeds Cambyses II as ruler of Persia.

* 522 BC — Cambyses II, ruler of ancient Persia

Cambyses began to march against him, but died in the spring of 522 BCE in disputed circumstances.

* Cambyses II, King of Persia 530 to 522 BCE

Atossa married Darius I during 522 BC after he, with the help of the nobleman Otanes, defeated the followers of a man claiming to be Bardiya ( Smerdis ), the younger brother of Cambyses II.

The Lebor Gabála Érenn synchronises his reign with those of Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon ( 605-562 ), Cambyses II of Persia ( died 522 BC ), and Cyaxares of the Medes ( 625-585 ).

This is shown by the alleged disappearance of the name after the death of Cambyses ( Kambaujiya ) in 522 BC.

* Cambyses: 529 – 522 BC

When Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon in 539 BCE, Cambyses was employed in leading religious ceremonies.

Only in 530 BCE, when Cyrus set out on his last expedition into the East, did Cyrus associate Cambyses with the throne.

As against this, Arnold J. Toynbee discusses the issue of two Persian names Kambujiya ( Cambyses ) as well as Kurush ( Cyrus ) elaborately and regards them both as derived from the two Eurasian nomads, the Kambojas and the Kurus mentioned in the Sanskrit texts and who, according him, had entered India and Iran in the Volkerwanderung of 8th and 7th century BCE.

* Cambyses I, King of Anshan 600 to 559 BCE

As against this, Arnold J. Toynbee discusses the issue of two Persian names Kambujiya ( Cambyses ) as well as Kurush ( Cyrus ) elaborately and regards them both as derived from the two Eurasian nomads, the Kambojas and the Kurus mentioned in the Sanskrit texts and who, according him, had entered India and Iran in the Volkerwanderung of 8th and 7th century BCE.

584 BCE ) was a princess of Media and, later, the Queen consort of Cambyses I of Anshan and mother of Cyrus the Great, ruler of the Persia's Achaemenid Dynasty.

Before leaving the Caspian region for Iran and Afghanistan in the 9th and 8th centuries BCE these people may have been living in the valleys of Cyrus and Cambyses in Armenia.

The First Achaemenid Period ( 525 BCE-404 BCE ), this period saw Egypt conquered by an expansive Achaemenid Empire under Cambyses.

* In Iranian, Kambuj is reflected in the name of Cambyses of Anshan in the early 6th century BCE.