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Cambyses

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Cam·by·ses  (km-bsz) Died 522 b.c.
King of Persia (529-522) who extended Persian rule throughout the Nile Valley.
Cambyses [kæmˈbaɪsiːz]
n
(Biographies / Cambyses (death date: ?522 bc) M, Persian, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) died ?522 bc, king of Persia (529-522 bc), who conquered Egypt (525); son of Cyrus the Great
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