History of Egypt under Achaemenid Persian domination
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The history of Persian Egypt is divided into three eras:
- Achaemenid EgyptHistory of Achaemenid EgyptThe history of Achaemenid Egypt is divided into two eras: an initial period of Achaemenid Persian occupation when Egypt became a satrapy, followed by an interval of independence; and a second period of occupation, again under the Achaemenids....
(525–402 BCE and 343–332 BCE), referring to two periods of Achaemenid rule punctuated by an interval of independence - Sassanid conquest of Egypt (618–629 CE), referring to a third period of occupation by the Sassanid EmpireSassanid EmpireThe Sassanid Empire , known to its inhabitants as Ērānshahr and Ērān in Middle Persian and resulting in the New Persian terms Iranshahr and Iran , was the last pre-Islamic Persian Empire, ruled by the Sasanian Dynasty from 224 to 651...
, immediately before the Muslim invasions