... us as Cyrus, succeeded his father Cambyses as ruler of CHAPTER I 19History Of Egypt, Chald a, Syria,by G. MasperoThe Project Gutenberg EBook of History Of Egypt, Chald a, Syria,Babylonia, and ... conqueror; Hyrcania,first, followed by the Parthians, the Sakae, and the Bactrians: Astyages was left almost alone, save for a fewfaithful followers, in the palace at Ecbatana. His daughter Amytis and ... against Astyages and the fall of the Medianempire The early years of the reign of Nabonidus: revolutions in Tyre, the taking of Harrân The end of thereign of Alyattes, Lydian art and its earliest...