id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-2357 Cambyses II - Wikipedia .html text/html 4815 801 75 550–530 BC) and Cassandane.[3][a] Cambyses had a younger brother named Bardiya, and three sisters named Artystone, Atossa and Roxane.[4] Cambyses' paternal grandfather was his namesake Cambyses I, the king of Persis from 600 to 559 BC.[3] The family was descended from a line of rulers of Persian tribes, who starting with Cyrus, expanded their reach over Persis, subjugating the Median Empire, the Neo-Babylonian Empire, Lydia and Central Asia, thus establishing the Achaemenid Empire.[4] Although a tax system existed both during the reign of both Cyrus and Cambyses, it was not a systematic one, and thus the subjects of the king were either obligated to give gifts, or pay taxes.[19] Like under his father, Cambyses' satraps were all of Persian stock: Gubaru in Babylonia-Trans-Euphrates: Aryandes in Egypt: Oroetes in Sardis, Mitrobates in Dascylium, Dadarsi in Bactria, and Vivana in Arachosia. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2357.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2357.txt