Egypt of the Saite pharaohs, 664-525 BC /
In the 660s BC Egypt was a politically fragmented and occupied country. However, this was to change when a family of local rulers from the city of Sais declared independence from the Assyrian Empire, and in a few short years succeeded in bringing about the reunification of Egypt. The Saites establis...
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
[2019]
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword / by Campbell Price
- Political turmoil and 'Libyan' settlers : setting the scene
- Kushite and Assyrian invaders
- Psamtek 'the Great' : reunification of Egypt
- Egypt, a new beginning : foreign relations and internal reforms
- The heirs of Psamtek I : Nekau II and Psamtek II
- Haaibra versus Ahmose II : civil war to prosperity
- Fall of the house of Sais : the last Saite ruler, Psamtek III
- The Saite era within the history of Pharaonic civilisation.