Achaemenid-Egyptian War
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Was the struggle of Egypt to became independent from the Achaemenid Empire that started with the secession of Amyrtaeus from Persia around 404 BC and ended with the reconquest of Egypt by Artaxerxes III.
Chronology
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Egypt was effectively a province (satrapy) of the Achaemenid Persian Empire between 525 BC and 404 BC. It was disestablished upon the rebellion and crowning of Amyrtaeus as Pharaoh.
January 403 BC: Egypt was effectively a province (satrapy) of the Achaemenid Persian Empire between 525 BC and 404 BC. It was disestablished upon the rebellion and crowning of Amyrtaeus as Pharaoh.
The Persians conquered Upper Egypt from Pharaoh Amyrtaeus who had been able to make Egypt a Kingdom independent from Persia a couple of years before.
January 399 BC: The Elephantine papyri also demonstrate that between 404 and 400 BC (or even 398) Upper Egypt remained under Persian control, while the forces of Amyrtaeus dominated the Delta.
The Persians first attacked Egypt in 385 BCE but after three years of war the Egyptians managed to defeat the invaders.
February 372 BC: The Persians did manage to defeat a joint Egyptian-Spartan effort to conquer Phoenicia
January 384 BC: This period is quite obscure, but it seems that the Persians first attacked Egypt in 385 BC and, after three years of war, the Egyptians managed to defeat the invaders.
February 384 BC: This period is quite obscure, but it seems that the Persians first attacked Egypt in 385 BC and, after three years of war, the Egyptians managed to defeat the invaders.
January 372 BC: Joint Egyptian and Spartan forces occupy Phoenicia.
January 358 BC: In 359 BC, Artaxerxes III, the King of the Achaemenid Empire, launched an attack on Egypt in response to Egypt's unsuccessful attempts to conquer coastal regions of Phoenicia. This marked the beginning of the Achaemenid rule over Ancient Egypt.
February 358 BC: In -358 BC, the Persian king Artaxerxes III attacked Egypt in retaliation for Egypt's unsuccessful attacks on the coastal regions of Phoenicia. This conflict marked a significant event in the ongoing power struggles between the Persian Empire and Ancient Egypt.
Was the first military campaign to reconquer Egypt by Achaemenid ruler Artaxerxes III.
February 350 BC: In around 351 BC, Artaxerxes embarked on a campaign to recover Egypt. At the same time a rebellion had broken out in Asia Minor supported by Thebes. Levying a vast army, Artaxerxes marched into Egypt, and engaged Nectanebo II. After a year of fighting the Egyptian Pharaoh, Nectanebo inflicted a crushing defeat on the Persians with the support of mercenaries led by the Greek generals Diophantus and Lamius. Artaxerxes was compelled to retreat and postpone his plans to reconquer Egypt.
January 350 BC: In around 351 BC, Artaxerxes embarked on a campaign to recover Egypt. At the same time a rebellion had broken out in Asia Minor supported by Thebes. Levying a vast army, Artaxerxes marched into Egypt, and engaged Nectanebo II. After a year of fighting the Egyptian Pharaoh, Nectanebo inflicted a crushing defeat on the Persians with the support of mercenaries led by the Greek generals Diophantus and Lamius. Artaxerxes was compelled to retreat and postpone his plans to reconquer Egypt.
Was the second Egyptian campaign of Artaxerxes II where the Achaemenid ruler reconquered Egypt.
January 342 BC: Second Egyptian Campaign of Achaemenid ruler Artaxerxes II.
