Second Persian Period of Egypt

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historical period period of foreign rule in Egypt

The Second Persian Period of Egypt was the era in the 4th century BCE when Egypt was reconquered and ruled by the Achaemenid Persian Empire under its Thirty-first Dynasty, prior to Alexander the Great’s conquest.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period ⓘ period of foreign rule in Egypt ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Second Achaemenid Period in Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Persian Domination of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Memphis NERFINISHED ⓘ Persepolis NERFINISHED ⓘ Susa NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy	Achaemenid satrapal administration ⓘ garrisoning of Persian troops in Egypt ⓘ tribute to the Persian king ⓘ
correspondsTo	Thirty-first Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
dynastyNumber	31 ⓘ
endedBy	Battle of Pelusium (332 BCE) NERFINISHED ⓘ conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great ⓘ
endTime	332 BCE ⓘ
follows	Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentForm	satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRuler	Artaxerxes III NERFINISHED ⓘ Artaxerxes IV Arses NERFINISHED ⓘ Darius III NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTypeOfRule	foreign imperial rule ⓘ monarchy ⓘ
includedOffice	Persian satrap of Egypt ⓘ
languageUsed	Aramaic ⓘ Demotic Egyptian NERFINISHED ⓘ Egyptian language ⓘ Old Persian (imperial inscriptions) NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Lower Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Nile Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSatrap	Pherendates II NERFINISHED ⓘ Sabaces NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Achaemenid rule in Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Late Period of ancient Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ history of ancient Egypt ⓘ
precededBy	First Persian Period of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedes	Macedonian Period of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ rule of Alexander the Great in Egypt ⓘ
reconqueredBy	Artaxerxes III NERFINISHED ⓘ
reconqueredFrom	Nectanebo II NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Zoroastrianism (imperial elite) ⓘ ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
startTime	343 BCE ⓘ
timeInCentury	4th century BCE ⓘ
underRuleOf	Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Artaxerxes III NERFINISHED ⓘ Artaxerxes IV Arses NERFINISHED ⓘ Darius III NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Thirty-first Dynasty of Egypt → alsoKnownAs → Second Persian Period of Egypt ⓘ