The First Persian Pharaoh | Cambyses II | Achaemenid Empire Documentary

Cambyses II was a powerful Persian king that inhereted the largest empire in the world from his father, Cyrus the Great. As the second king of the Achaemenid Empire, Cambyses sought to fulfil his father’s vision of incorporating the whole of the Near East under Persian hegemony by conquering the kingdom of Egypt. Cambyses’ talent for warfare led him to dominate his African neighbor and become the first Persian pharaoh of Egypt! Cambyses II Biography 575 BC - 522 BC The First Persian Pharaoh Achaemenid Empire Documentary __________________________________ History Explained Videos (Chronological Order) Narmer | The First Pharaoh Ancient Egypt | 3100 BC Imhotep | The First Pyramid Builder Ancient Egypt | 2650 BC Sargon | The Greatest King of Akkad Ancient Mesopotamia | 2300 BC Sobekneferu | The First Female Pharaoh Ancient Egypt | 1800 BC