I. ASTYAGES, otherwise Cyaxares, King of the Medes, and Successor to Phraortes, reigned forty years, and died in the year of the World 3409. before J.C. 591. before the vulgar Æra 595. He had a Son called Astyages, otherwise Darius the Mede; and two Daughters, Mandane and Amyit. Astyages or Darius the Mede, otherwise called Ahasuerus, made war against Saracus King of Nineveh, and reigned afterwards at Babylon, as we shall relate in the following Article. Amyit married Nebuchadnezzar the Son of Nabopolassar King of Chaldæa, and was the Mother of Evilmerodach. Mandane married Cambyses the Persian, and was the Mother of Cyrus.
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