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Cyaxares

700 BC - 584 BC

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Cyaxares (Median: ᴴuvaxšϑra; Old Persian: 𐎢𐎺𐎧𐏁𐎫𐎼 ᴴuvaxštra; Akkadian: Waksatar; Old Phrygian: Ksuwaksaros; Ancient Greek: Κυαξάρης, romanized: Kuaxarēs; Latin: Cyaxarēs) was the third king of the Medes. The Greek tragedian Aeschylus called Cyaxares "the founder of the dominion over Asia." Cyaxares ascended to the throne as a child in 653 BC, after his father Phraortes lost the fight against the Assyrian Empire in the Adıabene Region. Cyaxares defeated the Scythians, destroyed the Assyrian Empire, ended the existence of the Urartu State, dominated the Persians, defeated the Manna Kingdom, and dominated the regions of Anatolia, Iran, Caucasus, Asia (today's Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cyaxares has received more than 423,573 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Cyaxares is the 1,260th most popular politician (up from 1,446th in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Iran (up from 63rd in 2019) and the 27th most popular Iranian Politician.

Cyaxares is most famous for uniting the Medes and the Persians into one kingdom.

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  • 68.05

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  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cyaxares ranks 1,260 out of 15,577Before him are Maurice, Franklin Pierce, Isabella Clara Eugenia, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, and Louis, Dauphin of France. After him are Jovian, Ludwig III of Bavaria, Peter of Castile, As-Saffah, Emperor Wu of Jin, and Herod Agrippa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 700 BC, Cyaxares ranks 3Before him are Lucius Tarquinius Priscus and Astyages. After him are Arion, Psamtik I, Jeconiah, Tyrtaeus, Amasis II, Anacharsis, Phalaris, Periander, and Psamtik II. Among people deceased in 584 BC, Cyaxares ranks 1

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Cyaxares ranks 56 out of 528Before him are Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882), Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani (940), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956), Abbas Kiarostami (1940), Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (903), and Báb (1819). After him are Ghazan (1271), Cyrus I (-690), Jami (1414), Shirin Ebadi (1947), Babak Khorramdin (798), and Bayazid Bastami (804).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Cyaxares ranks 27Before him are Abolhassan Banisadr (1933), Yazdegerd III (624), Rashid-al-Din Hamadani (1247), Hassan Rouhani (1948), Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882), and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956). After him are Ghazan (1271), Cyrus I (-690), Xerxes II of Persia (-500), Shapur II (309), Achaemenes (-800), and Gaykhatu (1300).