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for him earlier.

Military campaigns

Preparations against Egypt and the conquest of Cyprus

thumbCambyses' accession to the Achaemenid throne was relatively smooth. Ruling over a vast but young empire, Cambyses preserved his authority over the subjugated lands, but also expanded his dominion over Egypt, the last prominent power in the Near East. According to the French

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