Nectanebo II
Egyptian History
Late Kingdom
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Rule
360-343 BC.
Predecessor
Uncle
Teos
Nomen (meaning of name)
Strong is his Lord Horus
Dynasty
30th
Capital city
Sebennytus - a city in the heart of the
Delta
of the Nile
Achievements
Last native Egyptian
Pharaoh
Succesor
Persian king Artaxerxes III
Nectanebo II was placed on the Egyptian throne by Spartan king Agesilaus II, who helped him overthrow his uncle
Teos
He returned to the old values and stability brought by the
gods
, and maintenaned the cult of the sacred animals in Armant,
Bubastis
Temples
were built or refurbished, including the
temple
of Serapes in the
Serapeum
, the complex of the Mother of Apis in
Saqqara
He was defeated by the Persian king Artaxerxes III, and fled to
Nubia
, disappearing without trace
Egypt once again was reduced to a satrapy of the Persian Empire.
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