House of Amyrtaeus
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The House of Amyrtaeus was the short-lived royal family that founded and ruled Egypt’s Twenty-eighth Dynasty during a brief period of native independence from Persian control in the late 5th century BCE.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| House of Amyrtaeus canonical | 1 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Egyptian royal house
ⓘ
dynastic house ⓘ |
| associatedCity | Sais NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Sais NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristic |
native Egyptian
ⓘ
short-lived ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition | between Twenty-seventh and Twenty-ninth Dynasties of Egypt ⓘ |
| country |
Pharaonic Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Egypt
|
| duration | approximately 5 years ⓘ |
| dynastyNumber | 28 ⓘ |
| endCause |
accession of Nepherites I of the Twenty-ninth Dynasty
ⓘ
overthrow and execution of Amyrtaeus ⓘ |
| endTime | 399 BCE ⓘ |
| era | Late Period of ancient Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
reasserted Achaemenid influence in Egypt ⓘ |
| founder | Amyrtaeus of Sais NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentForm | monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalContext | period between two phases of Persian domination of Egypt ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
Egyptian inscriptions (limited)
ⓘ
classical sources ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Egyptian ⓘ |
| legitimacyBasis | native resistance to Persian rule ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Amyrtaeus of Sais NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMember | Amyrtaeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposed | Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overthrew | Achaemenid satrapal administration in Egypt ⓘ |
| politicalRole | restoration of brief Egyptian independence from Persia ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | native Egyptian royal house independent of Persia ⓘ |
| precededBy | Achaemenid rule in Egypt (First Persian Period) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Lower Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regnalTitleOfRuler | Pharaoh of Egypt ⓘ |
| religion | Ancient Egyptian religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruledDynasty | Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 404 BCE ⓘ |
| succeededByRulerFrom | House of Nectanebo (Thirtieth Dynasty) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 5th century BCE ⓘ |
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