Late Period of ancient Egypt
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| Dynasties of Pharaohs in ancient Egypt |
| Predynastic Egypt |
| Protodynastic Period |
| Early Dynastic Period |
| 1st 2nd |
| Old Kingdom |
| 3rd 4th 5th 6th |
| First Intermediate Period |
| 7th 8th 9th 10th |
| 11th (Thebes only) |
| Middle Kingdom |
| 11th (All Egypt) |
| 12th 13th 14th |
| Second Intermediate Period |
| 15th 16th 17th |
| New Kingdom |
| 18th 19th 20th |
| Third Intermediate Period |
| 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th |
| Late Period |
| 26th 27th 28th |
| 29th 30th 31st |
| Graeco-Roman Period |
| Alexander the Great |
| Ptolemaic dynasty |
| Roman |
The Late Period of Egypt refers to the last flowering of native Egyptian rulers after the Third Intermediate Period and before the Persian conquests.
It is often dismissed as the last gasp of a once great culture, where the power of Egypt had diminished.
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[edit] Twenty-Sixth Dynasty
The Twenty-Sixth Dynasty. Also known as the Saite Period.
[edit] Twenty-Seventh Dynasty
The First Persian Occupation, this period saw Egypt conquered by an expansive Persian Empire under Cambyses.
[edit] Twenty-Eighth - Thirtieth Dynasties
The Twenty-Eighth Dynasty consisted of a single king, Amyrtaeus, prince of Sais, who rebelled against the Persians. He left no monuments with his name.
The Twenty-Ninth Dynasty ruled from Mendes.
The Thirtieth Dynasty took their art style from the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty, their defeat lead to the re-occupation by the Persians.
[edit] Thirty-First Dynasty
There was a Second Persian Occupation of the Thirty-First Dynasty (343 BC- 332 BC), Also known as the Achaemenid Dynasty.
[edit] References
- Roberto B. Gozzoli: The Writing of History in Ancient Egypt During the First Millenium BC (ca. 1070-180 BC). Trend and Perspectives, London 2006, ISBN 095502563X
- Lloyd, Alan B. 2000. "The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, edited by Ian Shaw". Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. 369-394
- Quirke, Stephen. 1996 "Who were the Pharaohs?", New York: Dover Publications. 71-74
