Lecture 23 saite dynasty (b)
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HISTORY 26
Lecture Twenty-Three:
The Saite Dynasty(664 - 525 BC)
Kushite Rule of EgyptDynasty 25 (747 - 664 BC)
Capital: Memphis
[Kashta]Piy MenkheperraShabaqo NeferkaraShabitqo DjedkauraTaharqo
KhunefertemraTanutamani Bakara
The Pyramid Tombs at Nuri
Taharqo Khunefertemra(690 - 664 BC)
Ptah: Patron deity of Memphis and creator of the universe
Amun: Patron deity of Thebes and creator of the universe
Taharqo Khunefertemra(690 - 664 BC)
Mentuemhat, Governor of Thebes
(25th/26th Dynasties)
Kush and Assyria(701 - 664 BC)
701: Hezekiah of Judah and Sennecherib of Assyria
671: Invasion of Egypt by Esarhaddon– Taharqo flees and the
rulers of the Nile Delta become Assyrian vassals
667: Assurbanipal defeats Taharqo– Tanutamani returns in
664, but is also defeated– The sack of Thebes
Kush and Assyria(701 - 664 BC)
701: Hezekiah of Judah and Sennecherib of Assyria
671: Invasion of Egypt by Esarhaddon– Taharqo flees and the
rulers of the Nile Delta become Assyrian vassals
667: Assurbanipal defeats Taharqo– Tanutamani returns in
664, but is also defeated– The sack of Thebes
Psamtek I Wahibra(664 - 610 BC)
26th Dynasty: (664 - 525)
[Nekau I of Sais]Psamtek I WahibraNekau II WehemibraPsamtek II NeferibraApries HaaibraAhmose II [Amasis]
KhnemibraPsamtek III Ankhkaenra
The Kingdom of LydiaPsamtek I and Gyges
The Phoenicians and the Greeks
Psamtek I Wahibra(664 - 610 BC)
• The Priesthood of Amun-Ra at Thebes• Nitiqret, heiress to the
‘god’s wife of Amun’• Foreign mercenaries
(Greeks and Carians)• Protection from
external attack: Assyria, Babylonia, and Persia
• A counterbalance to the machimoi, native Egyptian warriors of Libyan descent
The Saite Economy
Agricultural prosperity
Trading stations in Egypt– Naukratis,
founded by Greeks from Miletus
The Nile-Red Sea canal– Nekau II (610 -
595 BC)
Sais and the Temple of Neith
Foreign Affairs The Fall of Assyria (610 BC) and the
Rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire under the Chaldaeans
The Persian Empire of Cyrus the Great The Grand Alliance: Egypt, Babylonia,
Lydia, and the Greek city-states of Sparta and Cyrene– 546: The Fall of Lydia– 538: The Fall of Babylonia– 525: The Fall of Egypt; Psamtek III is
defeated and captured at the Battle of Pelusium