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'''Cyaxares II''', who is claimed by some to also be known as '''[[Darius the Mede]]''', is the alleged son and successor of the legendary [[Ahasuerus]], "King of Kings", [[Astyages]], King of the [[Medes]] in [[Ecbatana]] who reigned from 561 to 536 BC according to Barnes’ Notes,<ref>Barnes' Notes on the Bible, Daniel 9:1.[https://biblehub.com/commentaries/barnes/daniel/9.htm]</ref> but for whom a better ending date might be late 538 BC (see below).

'''Cyaxares II''', who is claimed by some to also be known as '''[[Darius the Mede]]''', is the alleged son and successor of the legendary [[Ahasuerus]], "King of Kings", [[Astyages]], King of the [[Medes]] in [[Ecbatana]] who reigned from 561 to 536 BC according to Barnes’ Notes,<ref>Barnes' Notes on the Bible, Daniel 9:1.[https://biblehub.com/commentaries/barnes/daniel/9.htm]</ref> but for whom a better ending date might be late 538 BC (see below).

Since ''Cyaxares II'' does not appear in either the known imperfect [[Uruk King List]] or the [[Canon of Ptolemy]], the generally accepted narrative supported by the 'known-to-be' questionable [[Herodotus]], is that ''Cyaxares II'' is fictional and that the the throne of Media passed straight from [[Astyages]] to [[Cyrus the Great]].

Since ''Cyaxares II'' does not appear in either the known imperfect [[Uruk King List]] or the [[Canon of Ptolemy]], the generally accepted [[narrative]] supported by the 'known-to-be' questionable [[Herodotus]], is that ''Cyaxares II'' is fictional and that the throne of Media passed straight from [[Astyages]] to [[Cyrus the Great]].

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