Cambyses may refer to:
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Cambyses I
Cambyses I ( ''Kambūjiya'') was king of Anshan from c. 580 to 559 BC and the father of Cyrus the Great (Cyrus II), younger son of Cyrus I, and brother of Arukku. He should not be confused with his better-known grandson Cambyses ...
, King of Anshan 600 to 559 BCE
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Cambyses II
Cambyses II () was the second King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning 530 to 522 BCE. He was the son of and successor to Cyrus the Great (); his mother was Cassandane. His relatively brief reign was marked by his conquests in North Afric ...
, King of Persia 530 to 522 BCE
* Cambyses, ancient name of the
Iori river in the South Caucasus
* ''
Cambyses Romance'', a prose narrative
* ''Cambyses'', a tragedy (published 1569) by
Thomas Preston
* ''
Cambyses, King of Persia'', a 1671 play
* ''Qambeez'' (''Cambyses''), a tragedy in Arabic by
Ahmed Shawqi
* Kambyses, protagonist in Felix Salten’s novel ''
The Hound of Florence''
See also
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Kamboja (disambiguation)
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Cambysene Cambysene was a region first attested in the ''Geographica'' ("Geography") of the ancient geographer and historian Strabo (64/3 BC – AD). According to Strabo, it comprised one of the northernmost provinces of the ancient Kingdom of Armenia, and ...
, a historic region
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