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Huvaxšarah | |
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| Born | 675 BCE Hagmatāna, Media |
| Died | 585 BCE Hagmatāna, Media |
| Nationality | Median |
Huvaxšarah (675 BCE – 585 BCE), also known by the Greek name Cyaxares, was a king of Media. In 625 BCE, he overthrew the Scythians to restore Media's independence and finish uniting the Median tribes. He established Ecbatana (modern Hamadan) as Media's capital. He also reorganized the army by type of weapon instead of tribal group.[1]
Wars[edit | edit source]
In 614 BCE, Media returned to war against Assyria and took control of northern Mesopotamia. After destroying Assyria, Huvaxšarah attacked Persia and made its king Kambūjiyah a vassal. He also conquered the regions of Parthia and Hyrcania near the Caspian Sea and annexed Urartu and Manna.[1]
In 590 BCE, Huvaxšarah invaded Anatolia and reached the Halys River (modern Kızılırmak). King Walwetes of Lydia worried that the Medes would invade his kingdom and attacked Media. After six years of war, the soldiers saw a solar eclipse while fighting near the Halys and made peace because they believed it was a bad omen. A peace treaty fixed the border on the river, and Huvaxšarah married his son Rštivaigah to Walwetes's daughter.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Grigory Bongard-Levin, Boris Piotrovsky (1988). Ancient Civilisations of East and West. https://archive.org/details/ancientciveastwest/mode/1up.