Periods of History in Ancient Egypt

Late Period

Genie of the Nile Flood Bronze from Late Period Egypt Now at the Louvre

Rama

712-332 B.C.

1. Kushite Period - Dynasty 25 (c.712-664 B.C.)
   During this crossover period from the Third Intermediate, the Assyrians fought the Nubians in Egypt.
2. Saite Period - Dynasty 26 (664-525 B.C.)
   Sais was a town in the Nile Delta. With the help of the Assyrians, they were able to drive out the Nubians. By this time, Egypt was no longer a world-class power, although the Saites were able to control the area governed from Thebes as well as the north. This dynasty is thought of as the last truly Egyptian one.
3. Persian Period - Dynasty 27 (525-404 B.C.)
   Under the Persians, who ruled as foreigners, Egypt was a satrapy. Following the defeat of Persia by the Greeks at Marathon, the Egyptians mounted a resistance. [See Darius section in Persian Wars]
4. Dynasties 28-30 (404-343 B.C.)
   The Egyptians repelled the Persians, but only for a time. After the Persians regained control of Egypt, Alexander the Great defeated the Persians and Egypt fell to the Greeks.

• Map Showing Egypt in About 600 B.C.

Source: Allen, James, and Marsha Hill. "Egypt in the Late Period (ca. 712-332 B.C.) ". In Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000-. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/lapd/hd_lapd.htm (October 2004)

Index: Periods of History in Ancient Egypt

1. Predynastic and Proto-Dynastic Egypt
2. Old Kingdom Egypt
3. First Intermediate Period
4. Middle Kingdom
5. Second Intermediate Period
6. New Kingdom
7. Third Intermediate Period
8. Late Period
9. Ptolemaic Dynasty
10. Roman Period