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Achaemenes

Persian ruler of Parsumash
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Also known as: Hakhamanish, Haxamanish
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Old Persian:
Hakhamanish
Flourished:
7th century bc
Also Known As:
Haxamanish
Hakhamanish
Flourished:
c.700 BCE - c.601 BCE
House / Dynasty:
Achaemenian dynasty
Notable Family Members:
son Teispes
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Achaemenes (flourished 7th century bc) was the eponymous ancestor of the Persian Achaemenid dynasty; he was the father of Teispes (Chishpish) and an ancestor of Cyrus II the Great and Darius I the Great. Although Achaemenes probably ruled only Parsumash, a vassal state of the kingdom of Media, many scholars believe that he led armies from Parsumash and Anshan (Anzan, northwest of Susa in Elam) against the Assyrian king Sennacherib in 681.

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