Cambyses II and the Persian Conquest of Egypt (Achaemenid Persian Empire)

The Achaemenid king, Cambyses II of Persia, was the son and successor of Cyrus the Great. Though Cyrus is lauded by friend and foe alike as the ideal ruler, his son Cambyses in many written sources has been portrayed as just the opposite - a cruel, intolerant and unjust tyrant. But are these accusations true or simply the result of anti-Persian propaganda that was spread by some of their dissatisfied subject peoples, most notably in Egypt? Most of what we know about Cambyses II comes from his time in Egypt, which we'll take a look at here to see if we can determine just who the real Cambyses II of Persia was.
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[@HistorywithCy]

Hey everyone, if interested, test your knowledge of Cambyses' conquest of Egypt by taking the quiz: www.blumarker.org/cambyses-ii-and-the-persian-conquest-of-egypt.html

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[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

Last time I was this early Croesus was still rich.

[@HistorywithCy]

Haha Croesus actually shows up in the Histories as one of Cambyses advisors, so I guess technically he was still rich though his wealth now belong to the Persians. Interesting stuff! Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!

[@ancientmonotheism5118]

Lol.

[@connorgolden4]

Another excellent video! RIP the twenty-sixth dynasty, the last native dynasty of Egypt. At least they had a good run and went out with a bang.

[@sebastianegypt1238]

Don't forget the 29th through 30th dynasties, which were also ruled by egyptians. Sure they weren't as powerful as the 26th, but they were still independent.

[@sebastianegypt1238]

My bad, I forgot the 28th (though it only had one ruler, goes to show that they had some trouble).

[@connorgolden4]

@@sebastianegypt1238 Yeah but they weren’t really powerful and didn’t do much. Under them egypt was more a rebellious province than anything seeing as how the Persians eventually regained control. The Saite dynasty was rather successful seeing as how it threw out the Assyrians, defeated the Nubians and lybians, and fended off the Babylonians (admittedly after an unsuccessful attempt at conquering lands in the near East).

[@connorgolden4]

@Just Predator What?

[@connorgolden4]

@@kemet8819 As I said, more of a rebellious province than anything. They broke off and held the Persians at bay for awhile but never really amounted to much in comparison with the 26th dynasty or other older dynasties.

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Haha thanks, trying my best. By the way, was watching your videos on Ethiopia a couple months back...learned a lot, thanks for posting those! Hope all is well on your end...stay safe my friend!

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[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks, so glad you enjoyed this, especially since it's not the most mainstream topic. The next one in this series will be on Darius the Great. Thanks again and stay tuned!

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Persian sparabara pinned the Egyptians and Persian cavalry won the field battle decisively routing the Pharaoh's army in the delta. The pursuit was devastating. Mass graves were found with over 80,000 Egyptian dead.

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[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks my friend, really appreciate you stopping by...more on ancient Persia to come, stay safe!

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[@KonjanCham]

As for Herodotus bashing Cambysis, note he was writing from a Dariusian perspective, as he was living during Darius's reign and have heard it all from propaganda of Darius court. Darius having killed Bardia, claiming he was an impostor, had changed the dynasty from Cyrus's offspring to his own line, and had all reasons to write history as he saw fit.

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My pleasure, will try to put these out as often as I can, no plans of stopping! Thanks again and stay safe!

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[@HistorywithCy]

Haha thanks but don't know if I'm the hardest working... a lot of other channels put out more content than I do but I definitely enjoy it and glad you all are into them. Yeah to be honest I'm not sure exactly what the sacred disease is/was. Could be epilepsy but maybe also some specific type of mental illness. I need to read up to see what scholars say on the subject... Thanks again for stopping by, thrilled you're into these vids. More to come in 2021, stay safe!

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[@jeffersonwright9275]

It makes sense that Cambyses would have tolerated and even patronised Egyptian religion rather than mock given that his father had built his empire on religious tolerance and would have taught his sons to do the same

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[@HistorywithCy]

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[@HistorywithCy]

Haha yeah it was for a profound cinematic effect...didn't you just feel as if you were right there in the Sinai with them? Lol anyway thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!

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[@GLeibniz1716]

Excellent, and magnificent use of an Egyptian source for balance; I wonder if Greek bias was also due to the fact that many Greeks fought for Persia, and this was intolerable for some Greek writers?

[@HistorywithCy]

Hi, thanks for stopping by. Could be but I think in those days there weren't as anti-Persian as later on under Darius. Only the Greeks in Ionia were under Persian rule and to be honest before that, they were under the Lydians which I don't think were that much better. Lots of Greek mercenaries also fought with the Egyptians as auxiliaries. Anyway, thanks again for stopping, really appreciate it...more to come, stay safe!

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[@HistorywithCy]

Hi, glad that you liked video and the quiz...I'll try to include the latter whenever I can. As always, thanks so much for stopping by, really appreciate it! Stay safe my friend!

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[@mattstakeontheancients7594]

Cy if you get a chance you should check out Dan Carlin Hardcore History on this. He brings up similar questions on about Cambyses II being as bloodthirsty or crazy as Herodotus makes him out to be. Like killing the children of Egyptian nobility in front of them. Less of a historian and more of an investigative journalist but it’s a great listen. Doesn’t have your animations though.

[@HistorywithCy]

Oh yeah that's a great podcast...King of Kings and think he calls it. Have listened to it twice already back when I had long commutes...haha at the time actually made me look forward to the long commutes home from work. His Mongols podcast is also really good. Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!

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[@Sarke2]

Another great video Cy, how the son of such a beloved king of king Cyrus became cruel tyrant, or it is just propaganda?, nevertheless we dont know much of the rule of Iranians in Egypt, for sure Egyptians were a lot against this rule or any rule, but somehow i noticed they despised Persians the most.

[@HistorywithCy]

Yeah, it's strange that there could be such a change from father to son, but it's happened at in other places too - I was writing something about Cypselus for one of my future videos on ancient Greece - he was the ruler/tyrant of Corinth who was universally loved by his people, but his son was the complete opposite and cruel. I'm not saying that the same is for Cambyses... I personally think he may have been stricter with the Egyptians because of all the peoples of the ancient world, I think that they despised being ruled by others more than anyone else. This seems to have been the case ever since the Hyksos invaded many centuries before. I think that Cambyses probably thought that he needed to be stricter to keep them in line, but not to the extent that Herodotus says. Remember, Herodotus was getting his information from Egyptians who probably hated Persian rule and then writing for a Greek audience that had just been invaded by both Darius and later Xerxes just a few decades before, so to make the Persian king a villain no doubt would make his work popular in places like Athens! Just my thoughts. Thanks so much for stopping by, really appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!

[@Emcee_Squared]

Wow very fascinating to learn about the mysteries of Cambyses II. Was he truly insane? Did Darius kill him and then later pretend that Cyrus came from his own ancestor Achaemenes to legitimize his claim to the throne? The world may never know.

[@HistorywithCy]

Yeah, he's one of those characters from ancient history the more we find, the less we know. Up until the 19th century, all we had on Cambyses came from Herodotus. It's only in the last 150 years that he's been shown in a different light due to the findings of archaeology. I personally think he was somewhere in between - I'm sure that he had to put down his share of dissent while in Egypt which didn't endear him to the Egyptians, and so the stories of his cruelty probably stemmed from there. Hopefully more will be uncovered about with regard to him in the near future. As always, thanks so much for stopping by, really appreciate it! Stay safe!

[@timurthelamest5630]

I think a lot of the hatred bias against Cambyses II comes from him defeating the Egyptians and their Greek allies swiftly. I find it unlikely that Cyrus the Great would elect Cambyses II as his successor if he was mentally disabled as Herodutos suggests.

[@HistorywithCy]

That's a great point... especially since Cyrus had another son Bardiya that he could have chosen. Though Cambyses was the eldest, it wasn't necessarily a written rule that the oldest had to succeed the father. Thanks for stopping by, appreciate it! Stay safe!

[@aliyaser7698]

@@HistorywithCy History The male eldest son is the one who inherits, women do not inherit

[@timurthelamest5630]

@@aliyaser7698 It has always been a Persian custom for the King to choose the successor, usually based on their character and traits rather than age (and of course they usually had to be male).

[@tequilamockingbird758]

Sweet

[@HistorywithCy]

Thank you!

[@danielm3711]

Thank you for mentioning sources other than the Greeks who hated the Persians. It's like learning about USA through the writings of Taliban.

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[@HistorywithCy]

Then you're in the right place! Hope you enjoy the content and lots more on the way, stay tuned!

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[@uncleanunicorn4571]

I never understood the Egyptian custom of claiming some deity is actually the father of well known royal figures. I guess they mean it metaphorically, but It confuses me.

[@rigulur]

it seems the wisest decision the son of a great ruler can do is operate on administration and organization within their massive borders. the son of Genghis Khan, and the son of Julius Caesar, spent more time at home, strengthening their empires from within.

[@Golshanim]

Great video. Thank you. I know Herodotus is all we have but as you say, he is deeply unreliable as he was a sensationalist common story teller for the Greeks who were the enemies of the Persians. When there are other sources I think we should consider them. For example the death of Cyrus in battle with the Massagetti is only told by him where as more serious written who lived and knew Iran such as Xenophon and Ctesias say Cyrus died peacefully in Persia. I am inclined to believe them way ahead of the father of the lies.

[@HistorywithCy]

Yeah I agree. That's why I think it's important to also look at the Egyptian records...this is a classic example of two sides or portrayals of the same person. I don't necessarily think that Herodotus always intended to lie, but he was only as good as his sources, and obviously there was no way to fact check them. Plus, he had sensationalize it a bit for his Athenian audience. Anyway, thanks so much for always stopping by, really appreciate it... working on a Scythian video but it's taking longer than I thought. I hope to have it out in January. Thanks again, stay safe!

[@Golshanim]

@@HistorywithCy looking very much forward to the Scythian video

[@darthvenator2487]

Herodotus is more a propagandist than a historian.

[@darthvenator2487]

I still find it hard to believe that the Persians did not record the war with the Greeks. Could it be that the record was destroyed with the fire of Persepolis?

[@user-on6ol8eh5w]

Will you ever get to Roman history? Do you have plans for that?

[@HistorywithCy]

Yes, 2021 (especially the first half) will have a lot of content dealing with first ancient Greece, Seleucids and then segue into Roman history! Might do a video on the Roman conflict with Carthage before that. Thanks for the stopping by, really appreciate it...stay safe!

[@user-on6ol8eh5w]

@@HistorywithCy Awesome, thank you

[@humanehumanity]

Okay thank you for recognizing his name I just heard that part that part right now thank you sorry for that but that does not excuse you for the rest of the video by not calling him by his real name

[@screeperz9965]

Yeah, I think old Herry was biased against Cambyses big time....most conquers were very tolerant of local customs.

[@BiggestCorvid]

Father of Lies

[@HistorywithCy]

Yeah, not just Herodotus but I think also his sources (in this case conquered Egyptians) and also his audience (mostly Athenians since they were the most receptive to his work). Interesting stuff indeed! Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it. More to come, stay safe!

[@OmarAhmed-jo1cf]

I think the struggle of the Egyptians against Persian rule is way more underrated than that of the Greeks and needs to be covered more . Ancient Egyptians had a real strategic threat in confronting the Persians not just in man power but also because of the flat land of Egypt which suites conventional warfare, yet they were able to evict the Persians from Egypt 3 times . During these times Egyptians didnt just fight and rebel they still cared about creating art and Craftsmanship and even created new types of art which became prevalent in the Ptolemaic period. Persians on the other hand had more rarely produced art that was genuinely theirs and more heavily depended on other cultures that they conquered including the Egyptians .

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[@humanehumanity]

I will thank you for this for showing the truth as far as the Egyptian opinion of emperor Khambuijia him which I would hold more truthful than somebody I do appreciate that you know it's time to set I'm sorry I want to share another interesting point with you do you know the people of a kombucha are known aare known as the Khamboj or Khamboz of Northern India and punjab

[@warsmithalaric]

I'm curious Cy, do you believe Darius was a usurper? This theory seems to have become quite mainstream in recent years, but I find it hard to believe because had it been true it would have almost certainly been mentioned in the antagonistic Greek sources -which to my knowledge isn't the case.

[@HistorywithCy]

Hi! You know, that is a great question which I'm going to try to answer in an upcoming video on Darius. Off the top of my head though, Herodotus and Ctesias both more or less follow Darius' story, but that could have been because they were only hearing the official version from the Achaemenid state media / propaganda machine. That said, the concept of the "Truth" and "the Lie" were so fundamental to Persian philosophy, way of life, whatever... and that to lie was (and still is in Zoroastrian religion today) one of the greatest sins one could commit makes me wonder. Herodotus talks about the Persians' respect for the truth in many stories. One of his more well known lines is that Persians were taught "to ride a horse, draw a bow and to speak the truth." Maybe I'm a bit biased, but in such a culture, and with a king like Darius who cites Ahuramazda's name in every other line of his inscriptions and extols the virtues of telling the truth, could such a person concoct such a huge lie? Could all of the other seven nobles and their families gone along with it? I mean, it would be the coverup of coverups. Not only that, but consider this - Darius was also married to Atossa, the daughter of Cyrus the Great, and it is their son Xerxes who became his successor. I believe he also married Bardiya's daughter Parmys (need to doublecheck that). If this were the case, then surely they would have personally known Bardiya... how would they and other members of the royal family have been able to have kept such a secret? Atossa was an extremely powerful woman within the empire and it is because of that Darius married her. I find it hard to believe that she would go along with such a coverup of the murder of her own brother. Of course, politicians lie all the time, that's no secret and we see it so much in our own time. But to challenge the second son (Bardiya) of Cyrus the Great, and that too in Media, away from the Persian heartland or the eastern provinces it's said he was assigned to, and then to cover all up by simply saying that he was an imposter...that's hard to swallow. That being said, the more recent accusation of historians arguing that Darius was a usurper is also plausible, though little if any real evidence that I know of has been provided to defend it. It's more like "Darius' tale is such a fantastical story that it couldn't have possibly happened..." which really is just a theory without proof. I'm going to do some more research and put all this in a video or podcast. Stay tuned for that... Thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it! All the best for 2021 and stay safe!

[@warsmithalaric]

@@HistorywithCy Wow! Thanks for answering! Yeah, I also find it hard to believe he could have been an usurper, because had there been even as much a rumour of this, it would have been mentioned somewhere, guaranteed (keep in mind the magnitude of the lie) - particularly by the antagonistic Greeks. Which it has not been. I mean it is good to read historical sources with a grain of salt, as you did with the 'madness' of Cambyses II, but you pointed to conflicting hard evidence to do so. I have not seen any evidence to point to Darius being an usurper - unless I missed it. I might also be biased because I have traveled through Iran a number of times, and love it.

[@HistorywithCy]

@@warsmithalaric Yeah I agree with your points, and knowing Herodotus, if such rumors existed, he no doubt would have brought it up. That's cool you went to Iran... I've also been there once and loved it. I hope to go back in the near future and see the ancient Achaemenid and Sasanian sites again, especially now that I'm doing this channel. If you like Achaemenid history, you're in luck as I'll be doing a lot more of it in the coming months. Stay tuned and safe... and also, all the best for 2021!

[@warsmithalaric]

@@HistorywithCy Ah man, can't wait then! Thanks! Hopefully when the covid situation calms down I'll visit Iran again this year. I want to see the south this time. Hope 2021 smiles on you too! Pirooz Bashid!

[@HistorywithCy]

@@warsmithalaric Thanks man, appreciate it! Actually I have a couple of photos from my Iran trip in one of my videos... check out the one on Cyrus the Great and the Birth of the Achaemenid Empire: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rX7FdWqZYr6fd6c If you haven't seen it, I think you'll enjoy it. Thanks again, stay safe!

[@vazak11]

I never knew there was so many sources that said he wasn't a deranged killer, good to know!

[@OSUex]

I wish you would do a short video on the differences of the Greek names for Persian kings versus the Farsi names for Persian kings. Please give a quick summary of the oddities of modern Greek spellings. For example, "b" in Greek is actually "v" and in order for a Greek to write /b/ he has to write "mb". Therefore, Cambyses is CABUJIYA not Cambujia. And Xerxes is not pronounced Zerksees in Persian. And Cyrus is Khoroush. Greek has no "sh" sound so the Persian "sh" is written "s" in Greek. The Greek names are translated letter by letter into most other European scripts; thus no other Europeans seem to know the correct pronunciation of the Persian names.

[@alissa6]

How do you spell/pronounce Xerxes and Darius names in the native tongue?

[@cornycontent1915]

The way you read excerpts is so serious and intense, lol 😂

[@HistorywithCy]

Haha thanks... more to come, stay safe!

[@maxnetirtimon4121]

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[@HistorywithCy]

Thank you, appreciate it!

[@susanpower9265]

Old Persian Kambujian older brother of Bardiya younger son of CYRUS THE GREAT Beautiful painting at Louvre of Cambyses and pharaoh PSAMTEK III executed after being defeated at Pelusium of Jeremiah in 525BC Cambyses sister Meroe died at Meroe named after her writes Strabo

[@mat3714]

Herodotus is more of a story/myths teller than an historian

[@viracocha6093]

It depends on what the dudes talking about.

[@mat3714]

@Ghost Ghostwhy do you rewrite the initial comment?

[@Algol602]

The supposed other son of Cyrus could not have been named Bardiya. As we all know all Persian names end in s. Herodotus says not some but all Persian names end in S. And this is true even going into the Parthian dynasty. I’ve heard the name Smerdis also given which would make more sense since it ends in S.

[@KTA1sVidsandFacts]

Looking forward to the next installment as well. It's really unfortunate that Herodotus has many incorrect writings on various things in his Histories. But I believe he tried his best. Even though he says silly things like the Persians believing in the Hellenistic Pantheon and not being monotheistic, Zoroastrians, and the gold digging ants of Arabia.

[@aliyaser7698]

The Persians in this period turned from monotheism to paganism, King Dhul-Qarnayn weeping in a grave

[@alissa6]

@@aliyaser7698 They became polytheists thanks to Artaxerxes II.

[@kaarlimakela3413]

The 'sacred disease' is probably epilepsy ... First time I heard if this, it was part of Julius Caesar's story.

[@Azaritalebi]

Name of the country was Ar-Atta Greeks were questioning the soldier where was their city ...... ? they gave them name of the capital city in Persua !

[@fanzy1338]

Most scholars stay away from Herodotus since he is known as the father of lies among historians and in academic circles.

[@HistorywithCy]

In light of other evidence, yeah agreed. But, you have to admit, he is a pretty fun read! Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it. More to come, stay safe!

[@jakobschoning7355]

I am not entirely sure, but I belive that the sacred disease is epilepsy?

[@HistorywithCy]

Yeah I've heard that too... that's what most scholars believe it may have been. Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it! Stay safe!

[@jakobschoning7355]

@@HistorywithCy Thanks, you aswell. Very interesting topic, I am more versed on egypt than on Mesopotamian civilisations and I only ever heard about Cambyses from the mad tyrant perspective.

[@blackhawck70]

let us not forget that Greeks and Persians were enemies, and Herodotus Maybe influenced by that

[@aliyaser7698]

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[@repyourteamsports8947]

300 years 😅😅😅 what a short empire

[@Usernam744]

Cambyses' entire army was annihilated in Egypt by forces of the Egyptian elite, whose asses were kicked by the Persians, the Magi, and Cambyses there.

[@humanehumanity]

Hey cy sorry it's not cool if I call you out of your name right so why does intelligent person like you famous by calling this man in history out of his name canbyses wrong Khumbujia th right name i find this done by greek historians ancient but continued western schooling down right disrespectful please cy i hold u in much higher regard then thn that beautiful you make beautiful videos that are quite well explained but you wouldn't trouble you to repeat what the person real name is and for the beginning of video and then call the person to real name for the rest of video hope ya hear me bro do the right thing

[@commanderdante3185]

I hope one day Ethiopia reclaims their ancestral homeland.

[@azraphon]

Oh no! You left out the bit with the pharaoh's fake daughter!

[@HistorywithCy]

Haha actually I was going to mention that as well as the use of cats as weapons at Pelusium, but then it would have gotten too long. Maybe I'll do a reading of Herodotus talking about Cambyses... he wrote a lot about him! Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!

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Xoda Ironi ovan buda dorod ba mardomi ironi xalqi

[@OldieBugger]

Well, fake news is not a new invention. And Herodotos used to tell quite biased stories whenever the story had Persians in it. This is understandable, since Herodotos lived in a time the Persians had already tried to invade Greece twice and he had been born in an Persian-occupied city.

[@HistorywithCy]

Yeah agreed. In many other parts of the Histories he does try to give other sides to the same event, but we also have to remember that his work was designed to be read in front of an Athenian audience that was hostile to Persians (for the reasons you stated), so I guess he had to add some sensationalism else it wouldn't sell with his audience... kind of like many media outlets today I guess. Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it. More to come, stay safe!

[@uncharted7againblackking256]

@@HistorywithCy the sun and the desert is something eles compared to the black skin yall rewrote history if u don't believe this well hey your just the other side as always one thing I'll say say we're they messed up is where they intermingled where they turned on each other two have two pharaohs and also they knew not what they had they should have reached out to the rest of Africa but no they wanted to be truly an independent land also they were on a decline that was their opportunity...smh the end

[@lilylively8905]

It has always been West vs East. Specially all the lies Herdutus has written.

[@madderhat5852]

Don't worry fellow viewers , when I conquer the world I will be a fair but harsh ruler.

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks for stopping by, appreciate it...stay safe!

[@dragonpharaoh8640]

how do you mean that Old Egyptians are Historically Xenophobic?

[@HistorywithCy]

Meaning that they were not fond of foreigners.

[@hopeprevails3213]

Cambyses was most probably disliked by the population because he raised the taxes a lot in order to build his fleet. Which, for an empire, is an inevitable action, but for your subordinates is something very cringe to do. He was deemed a tyrant. The egyptian propaganda is perhaps influenced by this event too. At some point half the damn empire revolted. If it wasn't for Darius the Chad, Persia may have collapsed a century and a half earlier...

[@sepehrlashgari9274]

"son of ra cambyses" our king baicikly becam a god to egyptians lol

[@eleni-music3674]

Stupid humans don't make so many children 😔😔🤯🥵😰

[@maykonjunkes6027]

The perks of being royal...

[@HistorywithCy]

My pleasure, thank you for stopping by, appreciate it!

[@jagdishhooda7853]

What They are unknown tribe Sarmation queen tomarish

[@None-wi2co]

All historical reference comes from the greeks ! It's like asking the Chinese to write history of America ! May be, it would be more accurate if Persian historical sources are referenced. This vast empire left a treasure trove of historical record. Someone needs to go and do research and NOT quote the subject of Persians i.e. greeks all the time !

[@HistorywithCy]

Hi, thanks for your comment and feedback, appreciate it. Unfortunately for Cambyses, with the exception of the Behistun inscription of Darius, there are no Persian sources with details of his reign. Thus, we have to rely on the words of classical writers for much of our information. Trust me, as someone who can read Old Persian, I would love to read Achaemenid and Persian sources, but alas, they don't exist. Perhaps one day they will be found, but until then, Greek sources are mostly all that we have. Thanks for watching!

[@behnamsepand78]

Greeks and Arab invaders destroyed almost all books and documents.

[@Azaritalebi]

Dude Jews have made from coward man a great man because his grand father educations allowed him to free the jews . He had killed his Turk grand father and he stole his empire then he used the Turk army occupying other nations ! he was killed by Azaebaijani woman ! No one knew up to 95 years in Iran !

[@wf9080]

all is the fake why ??you published the fake ??

[@HistorywithCy]

What?

[@carcinogenic5297]

True Nile ppl in egypt and north sudan are nubian by proof.

[@carcinogenic5297]

@Just Predator Sudan is twice the size of egypt so how come sudan was part of egypt hahahah. You just said the opposite. Egypt once upon a time called Nubian land. Means land of Gold. You ,grandfather or grandmother of arab descent never exiseted at that time in egyp. You were in yemen.

[@carcinogenic5297]

@Just Predator i dont really hnderstand what youre trying to say.

[@carcinogenic5297]

@Just Predator الانحليزي بتعتك ضعيف اكتب عربي .لان مش فاهمك .

[@carcinogenic5297]

@@egy6434 Where is the lie? Why not prove that modern -egyptian belong to this history rather than accusing ppl?

[@alissa6]

@Son Egypt Only 25th dynasty "belonged" to Sudanese. Egypt civilization preceds Nubian civilization by 700 years.

[@commanderdante3185]

The Persians ruined Egypt... Greeks restored it. Romans restored it. Then Arabs invaded in 600 CE and it has been Persian ever since. Sad.