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⭐ Core Definition: First Achaemenid conquest of Egypt

The first Achaemenid conquest of Egypt took place in 525 BCE, leading to the foundation of the Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt, also known as the "First Egyptian Satrapy" (Old Persian: Mudrāya). Egypt thus became a satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire until 404 while still maintaining Egyptian royalty customs and positions. The conquest was led by Cambyses II, who defeated the Egyptians at the Battle of Pelusium (525 BCE), and crowned himself pharaoh. Achaemenid rule was disestablished upon the rebellion and crowning of Amyrtaeus as Pharaoh. A second period of Achaemenid rule in Egypt occurred under the Thirty-first Dynasty of Egypt (343–332 BCE).

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👉 First Achaemenid conquest of Egypt in the context of Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt

The Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XXVII, alternatively 27th Dynasty or Dynasty 27), also known as the First Egyptian Satrapy (Old Persian: 𐎸𐎭𐎼𐎠𐎹, romanized: Mudrāya), was a satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire between 525 and 404 BC. It was founded by Cambyses II, the King of Persia, after the Battle of Pelusium (525 BC) and the Achaemenid conquest of Egypt, and his subsequent crowning as Pharaoh of Egypt. It was disestablished upon the rebellion and crowning of Amyrtaeus as Pharaoh. A second period of Achaemenid rule in Egypt occurred under the Thirty-first Dynasty of Egypt (343–332 BC).

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⭐ Core Definition: First Achaemenid conquest of Egypt
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First Achaemenid conquest of Egypt in the context of Achaemenid Egypt

The 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 BC), established by the first Achaemenid conquest of Egypt.
Thirty-first Dynasty of Egypt (343–332 BC), established by the second Achaemenid conquest of Egypt.

These two periods of satrapies were punctuated by a brief interval of Egyptian independence from 404 BC to 343 BC.

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First Achaemenid conquest of Egypt in the context of "Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt"

⭐ In the context of the Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt, the First Achaemenid conquest of Egypt is considered the foundational event for what administrative change?

⭐ Core Definition: First Achaemenid conquest of Egypt

👉 First Achaemenid conquest of Egypt in the context of Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt

First Achaemenid conquest of Egypt in the context of Achaemenid Egypt


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