See also:

• CYAXARES (Pers. Uvakhshatra)

CYAXARES (Pers. Uvakhshatra)  , See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• MEDIA

Media, reigned according to See also:

• HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus (i . 107) See also:

• FORTY

forty years, about 624–584 B.C . That he was the real founder of the Median See also:

• EMPIRE

empire is proved by the fact that in See also:

• DARIUS (Pers. Darayavaush; Old Test. Daryavesh)

Darius's See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time a Median usurper, Fravartish, pretended to be his offspring (See also:

• BEHISTUN

Behistun inscr . 2 . 43); but about his See also:

• HISTORY

history. we know very little . Herodotus narrates (i . 103 ff.) that he renewed the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war against the Assyrians, in which his See also:

• FATHER

father See also:

• PHRAORTES

Phraortes had perished, but was, while he besieged See also:

• NINEVEH (Heb. m}'?, in classical authors Nivos, Ninus; LXX. Ntsetni, Nnveun: Assyrian Nind or Ninua)

Nineveh, attacked by a See also:

• GREAT

great Scythian See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army under Madyas, son of Protothyes, which had come from the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern shores of the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea in pursuit of the Cimmerians . After their victory over See also:

• CYAXARES (Pers. Uvakhshatra)

Cyaxares, the Scythians conquered and wasted the whole of western See also:

• ASIA

Asia, and ruled twenty-eight years, till at last they were made drunk and slain by Cyaxares at a banquet (cf. another See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story about Cyaxares and a Scythian See also:

• HOST

host in See also:

• HEROD
• HEROD (surnamed THE GREAT)

Herod. i . 73) . As we possess scarcely any contemporary documents it is impossible to find out the real facts . But we know from the prophecies of See also:

• JEREMIAH

Jeremiah and See also:

• ZEPHANIAH

Zephaniah that See also:

• SYRIA

Syria and See also:

• PALES

Pales-tine were really invaded by northern barbarians in 626 B.c., and i'- is probable that this invasion was the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal cause of the downfall of the See also:

• ASSYRIAN

Assyrian empire (see M rDIA and See also:

• PERSIA

PERSIA: See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient History) . After the destruction of the Scythians Cyaxares regained the supremacy, renewed his attack on See also:

• ASSYRIA

Assyria, and in 6o6 B.C. destroyed Nineveh and the other capitals of the empire (Herod. i. ro6; See also:

• BEROSSUS

Berossus ap .

Euseb . Chron. i . 29, 37, confirmed by a See also:

• STELE

stele of Nabonidus found in See also:

• BABYLON (mod. Hillah)

Babylon: Scheil in Recueil de travaux, xviii.; Messerschmidt, " See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Insehrift der Stele Nabonaids," in Mitteilungen der vorderasiatischen Gesellschaft, i., 1896) . According to Berossus he was allied with Nabopolassar of Babylon, whose son See also:

• NEBUCHADREZZAR, or NEBUCHADNEZZAR

Nebuchadrezzar married Amyitis, the daughter of the Median king (who is wrongly called See also:

• ASTYAGES

Astyages) . The countries See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north and See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of the See also:

• TIGRIS (Old Persian Tigrd, Diklat of the cuneiform inscriptions, Hiddekel of the Old Testament, Diglath of the Targum, Digla of the Arabs)

Tigris and the northern See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• MESOPOTAMIA (Mevoaora)

Mesopotamia with the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• HARRAN, HARAN

Harran.(Carrhae) became subject to the Medes . See also:

• ARMENIA (old Persian Armina, Armenian Hayasdan, or Hayq)

Armenia and See also:

• CAPPADOCIA

Cappadocia were likewise subdued; the See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to advance farther into Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor led to a war with See also:

• ALYATTES

Alyattes of See also:

• LYDIA

Lydia . The decisive See also:

• BATTLE

battle, in the See also:

• SIXTH

sixth See also:

• YEAR

year, was interrupted by the famous See also:

• SOLAR, SOLLER (Lat. solarium, Fr.• galetas, Ital. solaio)

solar See also:

• ECLIPSE (Gr. €uheo,tis, falling out of place, failing)

eclipse on the 28th of May 585 predicted by Thales . Syennesis of See also:

• CILICIA

Cilicia and Nebuchadrezzar (in Herodotus named Labynetus) of Babylon interceded and effected a See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace, by which the Halys was fixed as frontier between the two empires, and Alyattes's daughter married to Cyaxares's son Astyages (Herod. i . 74) . If Herodotus's See also:

• DATES

dates are correct, Cyaxares died shortly after-wards . In a fragmentary See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter from an Assyrian See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor to King See also:

• SARGON

Sargon (about 715 B.C.) about rebellions of Median chieftains, a dynast Uvakshatar (i.e . Cyaxares) is mentioned as attacking an Assyrian fortress (Kharkhar, in the chains of the Zagros) .

Possibly he was an ancestor of the Median king . (ED .