BABYLON AND PERSIA

INDEX. 441Josiah, submits to Necho, andis carried away captive, 171.Jehoiakim, another of Josiah'ssons, succeeds his brother Jeho¬ahaz, 172 ; submits to Nebu¬chadrezzar, 174 ; dies, 176.Jehoiachin, or Jeconiah, succeedshis father Jehoiakim, as king ofJudah, and gives himself up toNebuchadrezzar, 176.Jeremiah, his preaching and im¬popularity, 175 ; urges submis¬sion toNebuchadrezzar,i77-iSo;endures persecution, 181.Jerusalem, taken by Nebuchadrez¬zar, 176 ; retaken and destroyed,181-183.Jews, carried into captivity byNebuchadrezzar, 1S3 ;call Ky¬ros, king of Persia, 326, 327 ;delivered from captivity by Ky¬ros, 330.Jones, William, English Oriental¬ist, abuses Anquetil Duperron,12 ; founder of Sanskrit studies,15-Josephus, the Jewish historian,233-Josiah, king of Judah, defeated, by Necho at Megiddo, 171.K.Kambujiya, see Kambyses.Kambyses (Kambujiya), son ofKyros theGreat,, at Babylon,330 ; viceroy of Babylon, 331 ;succeeds his father," 344 ; hischaracter, 344. 345 : preparesfor a campaign against Egypt,346-349 ; has his brother Bar¬diya assassinated, 349, 35° ;in¬vades Egypt and defeats Psam¬metik III. at Pelusion, 351 ;takes Memphis and subdues allEgypt, ib.; his moderate ruleand respect shown to Eg>'ptiancustoms and religion, 352-353 ;his reluctance to return to Persiaand increasing mental perturba¬tion, 354 ;sends an expeditionagainst the Ammonians andhimself leads one into Ethiopia,355 ; receives the news of ageneral revolt at hoir.e and theusurpation of the throne by animpostor, 357 ; confesses hiscrime and takes his own life,358.Kambyses L, son of Kyros I-,and king of Anshan, 280.Kandaules, king of Lydia, storyof, 188, l8g.Karkhemish, battle of, 172.Karpans, priests of hostile reli¬gions, 108.Kasr, mound of, the site of Nebu¬chadrezzar's palace, 232.Kassandane, Persian queen ofKyros the Great, 297.Kava 'Vishtaspa, see 'Vishtaspa.Kayster, a river in AsiaMinor,207.Kertch, ancient Fanticapseon,Scythian royal tomb at, 419.Khordeh Avesta (Lesser Avesta),a portion of the Avesta, 30 ;itstendency to a revival of polythe¬ism, 161, 162.Khrajstraghna, instrument tokill impure animals with, 118.Khrajstras, impure creatures, 114.Khshathra-Vairya," ExcellentSovereignty," one of the AmeshaSpentas, 75.Kirmanshah, modern town be¬tween Baghdad and Hamadan,2S2.Kizil-Irmas, see Halys.Komana, in Cappadocia, 201..Koresh, see Kyros.Kroisos, son of Alyattes of Lydia.262 ; succeeds his father, 307 ;meditates war against Kyros,ib.; consults Greek oracles,308 ; his gifts to Delphi. 309 Ideclares war to Kyros, 310 ; hisdefeat and capture, 310-312 ;his attempted self-sacrifice mis¬understood by the Greeks,313-316,