Astyages
The fourth and last king of the Medes (585-550 BC) · Historical Figures · Lived 700 BC to 550 BC · aged 150
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Something wrong?The last king of the Median Empire, toppled by his own grandson in a coup that flipped the ancient Near East's power axis and launched Persia onto the stage.
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Jean Charles Nicaise Perrin - Cyrus and Astyages - WGA17209
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King Astyages places Harpagos in command of his army, by Jan Moy (1535-1550)
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Astyages inherited the Median throne from his father Cyaxares in 585 BCE, ruling an empire that had stood as a regional power for decades. For thirty-five years he held the kingdom, until 550 BCE, when Cyrus the Great - a Persian vassal king - rose against him. The rebellion succeeded. Cyrus seized the Median capital, ended Astyages's reign, and absorbed the Median realm into what would become the Achaemenid Persian Empire. One dynasty folded, another opened, and the geopolitical map reordered in a season.
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