Egyptian pharaoh Amasis II dies in 526 …
Years: 537BCE - 526BCE
Egyptian pharaoh Amasis II dies in 526 BCE; his son succeeds him as Psamtik (Psammetichus) III.
Cambyses II of Persia invades Egypt edarli in the following year and defeats and deposes the new pharaoh only a few months after his accession to the throne, then embarks upon the conquest of all Egypt.
Locations
People
Groups
Topics
- Younger Subboreal Period
- Iron Age, Near and Middle East
- Iron Age Cold Epoch
- Classical antiquity
- Persian Conquests of 559-509 BCE
