The Twenty-fifth Dynasty was a line of pharaohs from Kush, the Nubian kingdom to the south of Egypt, who conquered and ruled Egypt during the Third Intermediate Period, when it was divided among local rulers. Piye started the conquest from Napata in the Sudan, and his successors Shabaka, Shebitku, Taharqa and Tanutamun restored temples and revived old artistic styles, building pyramids in Nubia as well. They came into conflict with the expanding Assyrian Empire, which invaded Egypt several times and sacked Thebes. Taharqa and Tanutamun were driven south, and the dynasty ended when Psamtik I of Sais took control of Egypt. The Kushite kings are sometimes called the Black Pharaohs.
Before and after
- from c. 753 BCE to 509 BCERoman Kingdom
- 21 April 753 BCEFounding of Rome
- from c. 750s BCE to 530sGandhara
- c. 750s BCEThe Homeric epics are composed
- from 747 BCE to 656 BCETwenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt
- c. 729 BCEPiye of Kush conquers Egypt
- from 727 BCE to 715 BCETwenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt
- from 722 BCE to 223 BCEChu
- from 706 BCE to 605 BCEOrigins of Dur-Sharrukin
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