First Persian Period of Egypt

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historical period period of foreign rule in Egypt

The First Persian Period of Egypt was the era when Egypt became a satrapy of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, marked by foreign rule, administrative reorganization, and intermittent resistance by native elites.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Achaemenid period in Egypt	2
First Achaemenid Period in Egypt	1
First Egyptian Satrapy	1
Second Achaemenid Period in Egypt	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period ⓘ period of foreign rule in Egypt ⓘ
administrativeDivision	satrapy of Mudraya NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	27th Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ First Achaemenid Period in Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Memphis NERFINISHED ⓘ
characteristic	foreign administration by Persian-appointed satraps ⓘ integration of Egypt into Achaemenid imperial system ⓘ intermittent resistance by native Egyptian elites ⓘ
chronologicalPosition	first phase of Persian rule in Egypt ⓘ
conflict	Egyptian revolt leading to Amyrtaeus’ independence ⓘ Egyptian revolts under Darius I ⓘ Egyptian revolts under Xerxes I ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
currency	Achaemenid sigloi ⓘ
economicAspect	taxation within Achaemenid imperial economy ⓘ
endCause	successful revolt of Amyrtaeus of Sais ⓘ
endTime	404 BC ⓘ
firstRuler	Cambyses II NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	28th Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Persian Period of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	26th Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Late Period of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentForm	satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
hasMonarch	Artaxerxes I NERFINISHED ⓘ Cambyses II NERFINISHED ⓘ Darius I NERFINISHED ⓘ Darius II NERFINISHED ⓘ Xerxes I NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageUsed	Aramaic ⓘ Egyptian NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Persian ⓘ
lastRuler	Darius II NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryAspect	use of Egyptian troops in Achaemenid campaigns ⓘ
notableConstruction	repairs and additions to Egyptian temples ⓘ
notableRulerAction	Darius I codification of Egyptian laws ⓘ
partOf	Achaemenid rule in Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ history of ancient Egypt ⓘ
precededByEvent	fall of the Saite 26th Dynasty ⓘ
religionPolicy	toleration of Egyptian religion under Darius I ⓘ
rulingEmpire	Achaemenid Persian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of Pelusium NERFINISHED ⓘ Egyptian revolts against Persian rule ⓘ Persian conquest of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
startCause	conquest of Egypt by Cambyses II ⓘ
startTime	525 BC ⓘ
succeededByEvent	restoration of native Egyptian rule under Amyrtaeus ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Saite political renaissance → followedBy → First Persian Period of Egypt ⓘ

Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt → alsoKnownAs → First Persian Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Egyptian Satrapy

Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt → alsoKnownAs → First Persian Period of Egypt ⓘ

Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt → followedBy → First Persian Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Achaemenid Period in Egypt

Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt → precededBy → First Persian Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Achaemenid Period in Egypt

Battle of Pelusium (525 BC) → historicalEra → First Persian Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Achaemenid period in Egypt

Saite Egypt → followedBy → First Persian Period of Egypt ⓘ

Conquest of Egypt → historicalPeriod → First Persian Period of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Achaemenid period in Egypt