c. 550 BCE
Cyrus overthrows the Medes
Around 550 BCE Cyrus II of Persia defeats the Median king Astyages and takes Ecbatana, founding the Achaemenid Empire. The Nabonidus Chronicle dates the conflict to 553-550.
c. 550 BCE
Around 550 BCE Cyrus II of Persia defeats the Median king Astyages and takes Ecbatana, founding the Achaemenid Empire. The Nabonidus Chronicle dates the conflict to 553-550.