Late Period of Egypt

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historical period period of ancient Egypt

The Late Period of Egypt was the final era of native Egyptian rule, marked by political fragmentation, foreign invasions (notably by the Persians), and a cultural revival that looked back to earlier Pharaonic traditions.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Late Period of ancient Egypt	12
Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt	3
Late Period	2
Late Period art	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period ⓘ period of ancient Egypt ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Saite–Persian period ⓘ
capital	Memphis ⓘ Persepolis-based satrapal administration for Egypt ⓘ Sais ⓘ
characterizedBy	archaism in art and architecture ⓘ cultural revival ⓘ foreign invasions ⓘ political fragmentation ⓘ revival of earlier Pharaonic traditions ⓘ
conflict	conflicts with Greek city-states ⓘ rebellions against Persian rule ⓘ wars with the Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
country	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egypt
economy	Mediterranean trade ⓘ Nile-based agriculture ⓘ
endTime	332 BC ⓘ
followedBy	Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Macedonian period of Egypt Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
follows	Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ
foreignRuler	Artaxerxes I of Persia ⓘ surface form: Artaxerxes I Artaxerxes III ⓘ Cambyses II ⓘ Darius I of Persia ⓘ surface form: Darius I Darius III ⓘ Xerxes I ⓘ
hasPart	Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ Thirty-first Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ pharaohs of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty ⓘ surface form: Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt
notableRuler	Amasis II ⓘ Amyrtaeus ⓘ Apries ⓘ Necho II ⓘ Nectanebo I ⓘ Nectanebo II ⓘ Psamtik I ⓘ Psamtik III ⓘ Teos ⓘ
partOf	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: First Persian Empire
religion	ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
significantEvent	Assyrian withdrawal from Egypt ⓘ Satrapy of Egypt ⓘ surface form: First Persian conquest of Egypt Satrapy of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Second Persian conquest of Egypt conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great ⓘ rise of the Saite kings ⓘ
startTime	664 BC ⓘ
writingSystem	Demotic script ⓘ Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

White Crown of Upper Egypt → appearsInPeriod → Late Period of Egypt ⓘ

Sais → associatedDynasty → Late Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt

Mit Rahina museum area → culturalPeriodRepresented → Late Period of Egypt ⓘ

Thebes → declineBegan → Late Period of Egypt ⓘ

subject surface form: Thebes (Egypt)

this entity surface form: Late Period of ancient Egypt

Ihnasya al-Madinah (Herakleopolis Magna) → declinePeriod → Late Period of Egypt ⓘ

subject surface form: Ihnasya al-Madinah

Manf → declinePeriod → Late Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Period of ancient Egypt

ancient city of Memphis → declinePeriod → Late Period of Egypt ⓘ

subject surface form: Memphis (ancient city)

Waset → declinePeriod → Late Period of Egypt ⓘ

Bubastis → flourishedDuring → Late Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Period of ancient Egypt

Pelusium → flourishedDuring → Late Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Period of ancient Egypt

Sais → flourishedDuring → Late Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Period of ancient Egypt

Sais → flourishedDuring → Late Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt

Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt → follows → Late Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Period of ancient Egypt

Department of Egyptian Antiquities → hasCollectionScope → Late Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Period of ancient Egypt

Ancient Egyptian art → hasPart → Late Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Period art

Behbeit el-Hagar → period → Late Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Period of ancient Egypt

Pharaonic Egypt → period → Late Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Period of ancient Egypt

Pharaoh → periodOfUse → Late Period of Egypt ⓘ

Saqqara necropolis → periodOfUse → Late Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Period of ancient Egypt

Egyptology → studiesPeriod → Late Period of Egypt ⓘ

Deshret → timePeriod → Late Period of Egypt ⓘ

vulture goddess Nekhbet → timePeriod → Late Period of Egypt ⓘ

subject surface form: Nekhbet

this entity surface form: Late Period

Sais → timePeriod → Late Period of Egypt ⓘ

Set → timePeriod → Late Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Period

West Bank necropolis → usedUntil → Late Period of Egypt ⓘ

Sais → wasCapitalOf → Late Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt

Amun → worshipPeriod → Late Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Period of ancient Egypt

Ptah → worshipPeriod → Late Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Period of ancient Egypt