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525 BCE - 331 BCE: The Late Period of Egyptian History.
525 BCE - 404 BCE: 27th Dynasty of Egypt, Persian kings rule.
525 BCE - 522 BCE: Cambyses II of Persia rules Egypt and leads campaign to Nubia.
522 BCE - 486 BCE: Darius I (The Great) rules Egypt.
486 BCE - 465 BCE: Xerxes I rules Egypt, uses country as resource for invasion of Greece.
465 BCE - 424 BCE: Artaxerxes I rules Egypt.
460 BCE - 454 BCE: Egyptian revolt of Inaros I with assistance from Greece.
424 BCE - 404 BCE: Darius II rules Egypt.
404 BCE - 398 BCE: The 28th Dynasty of Egypt under Amyrtaeus who frees Lower Egypt from the Persians.
404 BCE - 358 BCE: Artaxerxes II rules Upper Egypt.
398 BCE - 380 BCE: The 29th Dynasty of Egypt.
392 BCE - 379 BCE: Hakor rules Egypt.
380 BCE: Nepherites II reigns in Egypt, last king of 29th Dynasty.
380 BCE - 343 BCE: 30th Dynasty of Egypt.
380 BCE - 362 BCE: Nectanebo I reigns in Egypt, founds 30th Dynasty, revives Egypt's past glory.
362 BCE - 360 BCE: Teos reigns briefly in Egypt until betrayed by his brother.
360 BCE - 343 BCE: Nectanebo II reigns in Egypt, last native Egyptian ruler.
358 BCE - 338 BCE: Reign of Artaxerxes III in Upper Egypt and all of Egypt after 343 BCE.
343 BCE: Nectanebo II defeated in battle by Artaxerxes III, Egypt taken by the Persians again.
343 BCE - 331 BCE: 31st Dynasty of Egypt, Persian kings rule.
336 BCE - 332 BCE: Reign of Darius III in Egypt.
331 BCE: Persians defeated by Alexander the Great who liberates Egypt.