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*[[:Category:Cyrus (subject)|Cyrus the Great]], 559 - 530 BCE | *[[:Category:Cyrus (subject)|Cyrus the Great]], 559 - 530 BCE | ||
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**Returned the vessels of the Jerusalem Temple to the Davidic King [[Sheshbazzar]], and allowed him to go back to Jerusalem. | **Returned the vessels of the Jerusalem Temple to the Davidic King [[Sheshbazzar]], and allowed him to go back to Jerusalem. | ||
*[[:Category:Cambyses II (subject)|Cambyses II]], 530 - 522 BCE | *[[:Category:Cambyses II (subject)|Cambyses II]], 530 - 522 BCE | ||
**Added Egypt to the Persian Empire in 525 BCE. | |||
*[[:Category:Bardiya (subject)|Bardiya]], 522 BCE | *[[:Category:Bardiya (subject)|Bardiya]], 522 BCE | ||
*[[:Category:Darius I (subject)|Darius I]], 522 BCE - 486 BCE | *[[:Category:Darius I (subject)|Darius I]], 522 BCE - 486 BCE | ||
** Consolidate the Persian Empire by dividing it into semi-autonomous provinces. | |||
**Led the first unsuccessful invasion of Greece, which ended with the defeat at Marathon in 490 BCE. | |||
**Granted the construction of the Second Temple under the dual laeadership of the Davidic Zerubbabel and the Zadokite Joshua. | |||
*[[:Category:Xerses I (subject)|Xerses I]], 486 - 465 BCE | *[[:Category:Xerses I (subject)|Xerses I]], 486 - 465 BCE | ||
Revision as of 03:50, 8 July 2010
Persian Kings reigned from the 6th to the 4th century over Judea.
List of Persian Kings, and years in office
< Babylonian Kings >
- Cyrus the Great, 559 - 530 BCE
- Conquered Babylon (and Judah) in 539 BCE.
- Returned the vessels of the Jerusalem Temple to the Davidic King Sheshbazzar, and allowed him to go back to Jerusalem.
- Cambyses II, 530 - 522 BCE
- Added Egypt to the Persian Empire in 525 BCE.
- Bardiya, 522 BCE
- Darius I, 522 BCE - 486 BCE
- Consolidate the Persian Empire by dividing it into semi-autonomous provinces.
- Led the first unsuccessful invasion of Greece, which ended with the defeat at Marathon in 490 BCE.
- Granted the construction of the Second Temple under the dual laeadership of the Davidic Zerubbabel and the Zadokite Joshua.
- Xerses I, 486 - 465 BCE
- Artaxerses I, 465 - 424 BCE
- Xerses II, 424 BCE
- Sogdianus, 424 - 423 CE
- Darius II, 423-404 CE
- Artaxerses II, 404 - 358 BCE
- Artaxerses III, 358 - 338 BCE
- Arses, 338 - 336 BCE
- Darius III, 336 - 330 BCE
Persian Kings in ancient sources
Persian Kings in Scholarship
Persian Kings in Fiction
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