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Kambūjiyah II Haxāmanišyah 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹𐏐𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁𐎡𐎹 | |
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| Died | July 522 BCE Hamah, Persian Empire |
| Cause of death | Gangrene |
| Nationality | Persian |
Kambūjiyah II Haxāmanišyah (died July 522 BCE), commonly known by the Greek name Cambyses II, was the second Achaemenid emperor. In 522 BCE, he died while returning to Persia to put down a revolt by his younger brother Bardiya.[1]
Conquest of Egypt[edit | edit source]
Kambūjiyah allied with the Phoenicians, Cypriots, and Sinai nomads against Egypt and concentrated his army in Palestine. He conquered Egypt in 525 BCE after several battles. He then began fortifying Upper Egypt in order to prepare to invade Ethiopia, but the invasion failed when his soldiers ran out of food. The Egyptians rebelled at the same time. In 524 BCE, Kambūjiyah returned to Men-nefer and executed Pesmetjek, the leader of the rebellion.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Grigory Bongard-Levin, Boris Piotrovsky (1988). Ancient Civilisations of East and West. https://archive.org/details/ancientciveastwest/mode/1up.