id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-6471 Achaemenid Kingdom - Wikipedia .html text/html 1078 139 70 The Achaemenid Kingdom (Persian: پادشاهی هخامنشی, pādšāhie haxāmaneši) refers to the pre-imperial history of the Achaemenid dynasty. The first king of the kingdom was Achaemenes, who was the forefather of the Achamenids, and also gave his name to the dynasty.[1] The Achaemenid kingdom was the ruling kingdom of Persia (a region in south-western Iran) and Anshan (also in south-western Iran). According to the Achaemenid tradition, Achaemenes was succeeded by Teispes, who divided his kingdom between his sons, Ariaramnes and Cyrus I. While Cambyses was killed in the rebellion, his son, Cyrus the Great, successfully conquered the realm of his grandfather and started the Achaemenid Empire. In the Behistun Inscription, Darius the Great said Achaemenes was the father of Teispes: Achaemenid kings of Anshan[edit] Main article: Achaemenid Empire Cyrus the Great, a member of the dynasty, conquered Media, Babylon and Lydia, while his son Cambyses II, conquered Egypt.[5] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6471.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6471.txt