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Late Period of ancient Egypt
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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 regarded as the last gasp of a once great culture, where the power of Egypt had diminished.
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The Twenty-Sixth Dynasty, also known as the Saite Period, lasted from 672 BC to 525 BC.
The First Persian Period (525 BC - 404 BC), this period saw Egypt conquered by an expansive Persian Empire under Cambyses.
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. This dynasty lasted 6 years, from 404 BC to 398 BC.
The Twenty-Ninth Dynasty ruled from Mendes, for the period from 398 BC to 380 BC.
The Thirtieth Dynasty took their art style from the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty. A series of three pharaohs ruled from 380 BC until their final defeat in 343 BC lead to the re-occupation by the Persians.
There was a Second Persian Period of the Thirty-First Dynasty (343 BC- 332 BC), Also known as the Achaemenid Dynasty.
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- 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
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