Cambyses
Americannoun
noun
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Cyrus’s successor Cambyses II extended Persia’s control over Egypt and assembled a vast empire that stretched from the edges of India to the Nile River.
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Under Cambyses II, the Persian Empire stretched from the edges of India to the shores of the Aral Sea, the Aegean coast of Anatolia, and the Nile River and included everything in between.
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Cambyses died not long after, in 522 BCE, under somewhat mysterious circumstances — he supposedly fell on his sword while getting off of his horse.
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After ruling for only eight years, Cambyses died.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
After the fall of Memphis Cambyses does not seem to have found resistance anywhere.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Max Duncker
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