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'''Persian Kings''' reigned from the 6th to the 4th century over Judea.
*DICTIONARY: see [[Persian Kings]]
*ANCIENT SOURCES: see [[Persian Kings (sources)]]


==List of Persian Kings, and years in office==


< [[Babylonian Kings]] >
This category includes (in chronological order) scholarly and fictional works dealing with the [[Persian Kings]].


*[[:Category:Cyrus (subject)|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.
*[[: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:Darius I (subject)|Darius I]], 522 BCE - 486 BCE
[[Category:Categories]]
** 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 leadership of the Davidic Zerubbabel and the Zadokite Joshua.
 
*[[:Category:Xerses I (subject)|Xerses I]], 486 - 465 BCE
**Led the second unsuccessful invasion of Greece, which ended with the defeat at Salamis.
 
*[[:Category:Artaxerses I (subject)|Artaxerses I]], 465 - 424 BCE
**Appointed [[Nehemiah]] as governor of Judah in 445 BCE.
 
< [[:Category:Xerses II (subject)|Xerses II]], 424 BCE; and [[:Category:Sogdianus (subject)|Sogdianus]], 424 - 423 BCE >
 
*[[:Category:Darius II (subject)|Darius II]], 423-404 BCE
**Sided with the Spartans against the Athenians.
**[[Nehemiah]]'s second mission and beginnings of the Samaritan schism (?)
**Mentioned in the Elephantine Papyri
 
*[[:Category:Artaxerses II (subject)|Artaxerses II]], 404 - 358 BCE
**Lost Egypt but defeated the Spartan-Egyptian invasion of Phoenicia.
**[[Ezra]]'s mission (?)
 
*[[:Category:Artaxerses III (subject)|Artaxerses III]], 358 - 338 BCE
**In 343 BCE suppressed a rebellion in Cyprus and Sidon, and reconquered Egypt.
 
< [[:Category:Arses (subject)|Arses]], 338 - 336 BCE >
 
*[[:Category:Darius III (subject)|Darius III]], 336 - 330 BCE
**Was repeatedly defeated in battle by [[Alexander the Great]], who conquered the Persian Empire.
 
< [[Alexander the Great]]>
 
==Persian Kings in ancient sources==
 
==Persian Kings in Scholarship==
 
==Persian Kings in Fiction==
 
==Related categories==
*[[Persian Period]]
*[[Nehemiah]] / [[Ezra]]
 
==External links==
 
 
[[Category:Subjects]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Topics]]

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