Late Period of Egypt

Late Period of Egypt was a state in Egypt (North and West Africa) that lasted from 664 to 332 BCE, about 332 years. Its people spoke Egyptian languages (Ancient Egyptian, Coptic).

The Saite kings restored Egyptian independence and hired Greek mercenaries. Persia conquered Egypt in 525 BCE, and the last native pharaoh, Nectanebo II, fell to a second Persian invasion in 343 BCE.

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Facts

Dates

664 to 332 BCE

Duration

332 years

Type

State

Region

Egypt, North and West Africa

Language family

Egyptian

Capital

Sais, Memphis

Came from

• Third Intermediate Period c. 1069 to 664 BCE

Became

• Ptolemaic Kingdom 305 to 30 BCE

Events in North and West Africa during its time

• 500 BCE Iron smelting in West Africa

Neighbours in North and West Africa

• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE
• Kingdom of Kush (Napatan period) c. 785 to 300 BCE
• Garamantes c. 500 BCE to 700 CE
• D'mt c. 980 to 400 BCE
• Cyrene and the Greek Pentapolis 631 to 96 BCE
• Third Intermediate Period c. 1069 to 664 BCE
• Achaemenid Egypt 525 to 404 BCE
• Twenty-fifth Dynasty (Kushite) c. 744 to 656 BCE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE, Europe
• Greek city-states c. 800 to 338 BCE, Europe
• Neo-Assyrian Empire 911 to 609 BCE, Middle East
• Achaemenid Empire 550 to 330 BCE, Middle East
• Athens 508 to 322 BCE, Europe
• Empire of Alexander the Great 334 to 312 BCE, Middle East
• Empire of Alexander the Great 336 to 323 BCE, Europe

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