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25th Dynasty (752 - 656 BC.)
Reunification of Egypt under Nubian Pharaoh Piye, who invaded and took control of Egypt
This Dynasty is referred to as the Kushite dynasty, and was ruled by a series of Pharaohs from Nubia.
Shabaka moved Capital city from Napata to Thebes
Starting from the reign of Taharqa onwards, the Pharaohs of this dynasty were driven back into Nubia by Assyrians and 26th Dynasty Saite Pharoahs
Assyrian invasion of lower Egypt during the reign of Taharqa In 663 BC., Taharqa withdraws to Napata.
26th Dynasty (664 - 525 BC.)
Native Egyptian dynasty
This Dynasty is referred to as the Saite dynasty
Capital city Sais in Lower Egypt,
Psamtek I and his successors attempted to reassert Egyptian power in the Near East, but were driven back by the Babylonians
Apries was able to hold back Babylonian attempts to conquer Egypt,
In 525 B.C. Egypt got conquered by Cambyses of Persia at the battle of Pelusium .
Persian King Cambyses II carried Psamtek III to Susa (Persia) in chains
Necho I 672 - 664 BC. |
Psamtek I 664 - 610 BC. |
Nekau II 610 - 595 BC. |
Psamtek II 595 - 589 BC. |
Apries 589 - 570 BC. |
Ahmose 570 - 526 BC. |
Psamtek III 526 - 525 BC. |
27th Dynasty (525 - 404 BC.)
Persians ruled Egypt with an iron hand
Construction of canal connecting the Nile with the Red Sea
Cambyses 525 - 521 BC. |
Darius I 521 - 486 BC. |
Xerxes I 486 - 465 BC. |
Artaxerxes I 465 - 424 BC. |
Xerxes II 424 BC. |
Sogdianus 424 BC. |
Darius II 424 - 404 BC. |
Artaxerxes II 404 BC. |
28th Dynasty (404 - 398 BC.)
Amyrtaeus expelled of the Persians in 404 BC.
Amyrtaeus killed by succesor Nepherites I of Mendes in 398 BC.
29th Dynasty (398 - 380 BC.)
Capital city Mendes, the capital of the 16th Lower Egyptian nome of Kha
Psammuthes was overthrown by Hakoris, who claimed to be the grandson of Nepherites I.
Hakoris successfully resisted Persian attempts to reconquer Egypt
Nepherites II succeded his father Hakoris, but was unable to keep hold on his inheritance, and was deposed and killed by Nectanebo I within the same year.
Nepherites I 398 - 393 BC. |
Psammuthes 393 BC. |
Hakoris 393 - 380 BC. |
Nepherites II 380 BC. |
30th Dynasty (380 - 343 BC.)
Nectanebo I successfully defended his kingdom from Persian reconquest
Capital city Sebennytus, Delta
Teos invaded Persian territories in Syria, but during this campaign he was deposed by his grandson Nectanebo II.
During the reign of Nectanebo II in 343 BC. Egypt was conquered by Persians,
Nectanebo II fled to Nubia, where he found refuge at the court of King Nastesen of Napata.
This marked the begining of the Second Persian rule and the the end of native Egyptian rule, all the following dynasties were foreigners.
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