The Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XXIX, alternatively 29th Dynasty or Dynasty 29) is usually classified as the fourth Dynasty of the Ancient Egyptian Late Period. It was founded after the overthrow of Amyrtaeus, the only Pharaoh of the 28th Dynasty, by Nefaarud I in 398 BC, and disestablished upon the overthrow of Nefaarud II in 380 BC.
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👉 Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt in the context of Second Achaemenid conquest of Egypt
The second Achaemenid conquest of Egypt took place in 340 or 339 BC.
Egypt had broken away from the Persian Empire in the end of the 5th century BC, and since then the Persians had made several unsuccessful attempts to reconquer it. Egypt was ruled by its twenty-eighth dynasty from 404 to 398 BC and the twenty-ninth dynasty from 398 to 380; the thirtieth dynasty had ruled since 380 BC. Nectanebo II came to the throne in 360 BC.
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Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt in the context of Nepherites I
Nefaarud I or Nayfaurud I, better known with his hellenised name Nepherites I, was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, the founder of the 29th Dynasty in 399 BC.