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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which ruler tried to invade Kush, but his soldiers starved along the way?
A
Nebuchadnezzar
B
Cyrus
C
Cambyses
D
Ashurbanipal
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Cambyses II, (flourished 6th century bce), Achaemenid king of Persia (reigned 529–522 bce), who conquered Egypt in 525; he was the eldest son of King Cyrus II the Great by Cassandane, daughter of a fellow Achaemenid. During his father’s lifetime Cambyses was in charge of Babylonian affairs.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Lost Army of Cambyses is a legendary Persian army of 50, 000 men who supposedly disappeared in a sandstorm in the Western Desert in 524 BC.

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