In this episode, we discuss events in the eastern Mediterranean during the reign of the Persian king, Kambyses, with a focus on the achievements and the political maneuverings between the Egyptian kings Amasis II and Psammetichos III, the Kyrenean kings Battos III and Arkesilaos III, the Samian tyrant Polykrates, and the Naxian tyrant Lygdamis; Kambyses' successful conquests of Kypros and Egypt; his failed campaigns in north Africa against the Nubians, Kyreneans, and Carthaginians; and his "madness" (as told by Herodotos) which ultimately brought his reign to an end

Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2017/02/032-cambyses.html

Intro by Drew Vahrenkamp of the Wonders of the World Podcast

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