The Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt was a short-lived line of pharaohs from Mendes in the Nile Delta. Its founder, Nepherites I, came to power after overthrowing the previous Twenty-eighth Dynasty, which had won Egyptian independence from the Persian Empire. The dynasty's rulers worked to keep Persia at bay, forming alliances with Greek states, Athens and Sparta, and with Evagoras of Cyprus, and they built or restored temples. Its most important king was Hakor, known to the Greeks as Achoris, who ruled for more than a decade. Rivalry and coups followed his death, and the dynasty ended when Nectanebo I seized power, founding the Thirtieth Dynasty, the last native dynasty of ancient Egypt.
Before and after
- 5th century BCEOrigins of Temple of Zeus in Olympia
- 5th century BCEFounding of Aetolian League
- 5th century BCERise of Cynicism
- 15 February 399 BCEDeath of Socrates
- from 398 BCE to 378 BCETwenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt
- from 395 BCE to 387 BCECorinthian War
- c. 391 BCEThe Gauls sack Rome
- from 387 BCE to 529 CEConstruction of Platonic Academy
- 384 BCEBirth of Aristotle
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