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Achaemenid Kings

Achaemenids (OP: Hakhâmanišiya): royal dynasty of ancient Persia, named after its legendary founder Achaemenes (Hakhâmaniš). This page offers the names and dates of the kings; there's more about their empire here.Achaemenid Kings Cyrus 559 - November 530 Cambyses II before 31 August 530 - after 18 April 522 Smerdis 11…

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Achoris

Achoris (Egyptian: Maatchnumra Setepemchnum Hakor): pharaoh of the Twenty-Ninth or Mendesian dynasty (392/391-379).Context Map of Lower Egypt (fifth-fourth centuries BCE) In the…

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Agesilaus II

Agesilaus II (444/443-359): king of Sparta (r.400-359). Fifth-century hoplite Agesilaus was born in the Eurypontid family, one of the two royal dynasties…

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