The Late Period (525 BC - 332 BC)
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27th Dynasty |
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Name |
Date |
Length of Reign |
Throne Name |
Burial |
Comments |
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Cambyses II |
525 - 522 |
3 |
Mesutire (Offspring of Re) |
Takht-i-Rustam (Iran) |
First Persian Period |
|
Darius I |
521 - 486 |
35 |
Setutre (Likeness of Re) |
Naqsh-i-Rustam (Iran) |
Time of prosperity. Greeks at war with Persia. |
|
Xerxes |
485 - 465 |
20 |
|
|
At war with Greeks and also Egyptian revolt |
|
Artaxerxes I |
465 - 424 |
41 |
|
|
Quelled Egyptian revolt |
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Darius II |
423 - 405 |
18 |
|
|
Internal problems - Egyptians quasi-independent |
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Artaxerxes II |
405 - 359 |
46 |
|
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Internal problems - Egyptians quasi-independent |
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28th Dynasty |
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Name |
Date |
Length of Reign |
Throne Name |
Burial |
Comments |
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Amyrtaeus |
404 - 399 |
5 |
|
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Egyptian control |
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29th Dynasty |
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Name |
Date |
Length of Reign |
Throne Name |
Burial |
Comments |
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Nefaarud I (Nepherites I) (The Great Ones Prosper) |
399 - 393 |
6 |
BaenreMerynetjeru (Soul of Re, Beloved of the Gods) |
Mendes? |
Power based in Mendes (Delta) |
|
Hakor (Achoris) |
393 - 380 |
13 |
Maatibre (Justice is the Heart of Re) |
|
Delta based - building programme |
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30th Dynasty |
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Name |
Date |
Length of Reign |
Throne Name |
Burial |
Comments |
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Nectanebo I (Nekhtnebef) (Strong in his Lord) |
380 - 362 |
18 |
Kheperkare (The Soul of Re Abides) |
|
Repelled joint Persian/Greek attack |
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Djedhor (Teos) (Horus says he will live) |
362 - 360 |
2 |
Irmaatenre (Carrying out the Justice of Re) |
|
Unpopular due to heavy taxes to pay mercenaries. |
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Nectanebo II (Nekhthorheb) |
360 - 343 |
17 |
Snedjemibre (Pleasing to the Heart of Re) |
|
Temple building - Persians with internal problems. Last Egyptian ruler 'til 1952 |
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31th Dynasty |
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Name |
Date |
Length of Reign |
Throne Name |
Burial |
Comments |
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Artaxerxes III |
343 - 338 |
5 |
|
|
Second Persian conquest begins. |
|
Arses |
338 - 336 |
2 |
|
|
Murdered |
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Darius III |
336 - 332 |
4 |
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Surrendered to Alexander the Great |