Late Kingdom (752 to 343 BC.)

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.

Piye
752 - 721 BC.

Shabaka
721 - 707 BC.

Shebitku
707 - 690 BC.

Taharqa
690 - 664 BC.

Tantamani
664 - 656 BC.

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.

Amyrtaeus
404 - 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.

Nectanebo I
380-362 BC.

Teos
362 - 360 BC.

Nectanebo II
360 - 343 BC.