The Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt was a brief dynasty based at Sais in the western Nile Delta, in the period when Egypt was divided among many local rulers. It is represented by two kings, Tefnakht, who built a coalition of Delta rulers and tried to extend his power southward, and his successor Bakenranef, known to the Greeks as Bocchoris. Their expansion was checked by the Kushite king Piye, who marched north from Nubia and defeated Tefnakht's alliance, though he left the Delta rulers in place. Bakenranef was later overthrown by Piye's successor Shabaka, who united the country under the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Kushite pharaohs. The Saite dynasty of the following century was based in the same city.
Before and after
- 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
- c. 700s BCEConstruction of Great Wall of China
- 8th century BCELibrary of Ashurbanipal
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