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history of Persian Egypt refers to the two periods when ancient Egypt was controlled by the Achaemenid Empire: Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt (525–404...

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...

"Persian conquest of Egypt" may refer to: First Achaemenid conquest of Egypt (525 BC) Second Achaemenid conquest of Egypt (340/339 BC) Sasanian conquest...

occasion in which Persian pharaohs ruled Egypt, hence the term "Second Egyptian Satrapy". Before the 31st Dynasty was founded, Egypt had enjoyed a brief...

Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XXVII, alternatively 27th Dynasty or Dynasty 27), also known as the First Egyptian Satrapy (Old Persian: Mudrāya), was...

or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire (/əˈkiːmənɪd/; Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐏂, Xšāça, lit. 'The Empire' or 'The...

ruled from 379/8 until Egypt once more came under Persian rule c. 340 BC: Egypt again came under the control of the Achaemenid Persians. After the practice...

Sasanian Egypt (known in Middle Persian sources as Agiptus) refers to the brief rule of Egypt and parts of Libya by the Sasanian Empire, following the...

Egypt, one of the world’s oldest civilizations, was unified around 3150 BC by King Narmer. It later came under Persian, Greek, Roman, and Islamic rule...

article contains Persian text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Fawzia of Egypt (Arabic: فوزية; 5...

Artaxerxes finally defeated Nectanebo II, the Pharaoh of Egypt, bringing the country back into the Persian fold after six decades. In Artaxerxes' later years...

Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XXVI, alternatively 26th Dynasty or Dynasty 26) was the last native dynasty of ancient Egypt before the Persian conquest...

the Kushites, the Assyrians, the Persians, and, most notably, the Greeks and then the Romans. The end of ancient Egypt is variously defined as occurring...

Sasanian conquest of Egypt took place between 618 and 621 CE, when the Sasanian Persian army defeated the Byzantine forces in Egypt and occupied the province...

Egypt's position. In the meantime, Cambyses had made substantial preparations for his army. He had essentially laid the foundations for the Persian navy...

that the original Joseph story was a Persian period diaspora novella from the perspective of Judeans living in Egypt. In Jewish tradition, he is the ancestor...

This article contains Persian text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Persian (/ˈpɜːrʒən, -ʃən/ PUR-zhən...

The Persian Gulf, sometimes called the Arabian Gulf, is a mediterranean sea in West Asia. The body of water is an extension of the Arabian Sea and the...

Egyptian Satrapy" (Old Persian: Mudrāya). Egypt thus became a satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire until 404 while still maintaining Egyptian royalty customs and...

Egypt (Arabic: مصر Miṣr [mesˁr] , Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mɑsˤr]), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the northeast corner...