Late Period of ancient Egypt

Late Period of ancient Egypt
c. 664 BC–c. 332 BC
Egypt in the 6th century BC.
Capital	Sais, Mendes, Sebennytos
Common languages	Ancient Egyptian
Religion	Ancient Egyptian religion
Government	Monarchy
Pharaoh
• c. 664–610 BC	Psamtik I (first)
• 336–332 BC	Darius III (last)
History
• Began	c. 664 BC
• Ended	c. 332 BC
Preceded by Succeeded by Third Intermediate Period of Egypt Macedonian Empire Ptolemaic Egypt

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Prehistoric Egypt Predynastic Period 6000–3000 BCE
Ancient Egypt Early Dynastic Period 3150–2686 BCE Old Kingdom 2686–2181 BCE 1st Intermediate Period 2181–2055 BCE Middle Kingdom 2055–1650 BCE 2nd Intermediate Period 1650–1550 BCE New Kingdom 1550–1069 BCE 3rd Intermediate Period 1069–664 BCE Late Period 664–332 BCE
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Medieval Egypt Rashidun caliphate 641–661 Umayyad caliphate 661–750 Abbasid dynasty 750–935 Tulunid dynasty 868–905 Ikhshidid dynasty 935–969 Fatimid dynasty 969–1171 Ayyubid dynasty 1171–1250 Mamluk dynasty 1250–1517
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The Late Period of ancient Egypt refers to the last flowering of native Egyptian rulers after the Third Intermediate Period in the 26th Saite Dynasty founded by Psamtik I, but includes the time of Achaemenid Persian rule over Egypt after the conquest by Cambyses II in 525 BC as well. The Late Period existed from 664 BC until 332 BC, following a period of foreign rule by the Nubian 25th Dynasty and beginning with a short period of Neo-Assyrian suzerainty, with Psamtik I initially ruling as their vassal. The period ended with the conquests of the Persian Empire by Alexander the Great and establishment of the Ptolemaic dynasty by his general Ptolemy I Soter, one of the Hellenistic diadochi from Macedon in northern Greece. With the Macedonian Greek conquest in the latter half of the 4th century BC, the age of Hellenistic Egypt began.