The Late Period of ancient Egypt began with the reunification of the country by Psamtik I, founder of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty, which ruled from Sais in the Nile Delta after the Assyrians had left, and it ended with the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great. It was a period of artistic revival that looked back to the Old Kingdom, and Greek traders and mercenaries became important in the country. The Persians conquered Egypt in the time of Cambyses, and Persian rule was interrupted by periods of independence under the Twenty-eighth to Thirtieth Dynasties, until the Persians returned for a short time. Nectanebo II was the last native pharaoh, and the period was followed by the rule of the Ptolemies.
Before and after
- from 706 BCE to 605 BCEOrigins of Dur-Sharrukin
- c. 700s BCEConstruction of Great Wall of China
- 8th century BCELibrary of Ashurbanipal
- from 700 BCE to 309 BCEArgead dynasty
- from 664 BCE to 332 BCELate Period of ancient Egypt
- from 664 BCE to 525 BCETwenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt
- c. 660 BCEImperial House of Japan (traditional date)
- c. 657 BCEFounding of Byzantium (Istanbul)
- 642 BCEBirth of Nebuchadnezzar II
More in Wars, politics & history
- from 149 BCE to 146 BCEThird Punic War
- from 73 BCE to 71 BCEThird Servile War
- from 58 BCE to 51 BCEGallic War
- 49 BCECaesar defeats Pompey at Pharsalus
- 451 CEAetius and Theodoric stop Attila at the Catalaunian Plains
- 476 CEFall of the western Roman Empire
The era
This moment belongs to the Ancient civilizations (3,200 BCE to 500 CE), writing, cities and empires. You can also browse everything in the 7th century BCE.