# Cyaxares - King of the Medes

URL: https://allhistories.com/iran/rulers/cyaxares
Reign: c. 624 – 585 BCE
Born-Died: c. 655 BCE - 585 BCE
Dynasty: Median kingdom
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyaxares

Most powerful Median king, he reorganised the army, ended Scythian dominance and, allied with Babylon, destroyed the Assyrian Empire, sacking Nineveh in 612 BCE. He also fought the Lydians in Anatolia.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Humban-haltash III (646–645 BCE)](https://allhistories.com/iran/rulers/humban-haltash-iii-646-645-bce)
- Next in list: [Astyages](https://allhistories.com/iran/rulers/astyages)

## Timeline events during this reign
- -612 - [Fall of Nineveh](https://allhistories.com/iran/timeline/-612-fall-of-nineveh)
- -585 - [Battle of the Eclipse](https://allhistories.com/iran/timeline/-585-battle-of-the-eclipse)