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Name: Bubastis

Type: Polity

Start: 1068 BC

End: 713 BC

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Was a small polity that became independent from Ancient Egypt during the Third Intermediate Period of Egypt.

Establishment


  • January 1068 BC: During the Third Intermediate Period of Egypt, a separate dynasty (the XXII Dynasty) ruled over Bubastis.
  • Chronology


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    1. Third Intermediate Period


    Was a period of political instability that followed the death of Pharaoh Ramesses XI and coincided with the Late Bronze Age collapse.


    1.1.Nubian Conquest of Egypt

    As ruler of Nubia and Upper Egypt, Piye took advantage of the political weakness of Egypt during the third intermediate period.

  • January 712 BC: Usermaatre Osorkon IV had to face the power, and ultimately submit himself to the Kushite King Piye during Piye's conquest of Egypt.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 799 BC: The Qedarites formed a powerful Arab tribal confederation which expanded its territory throughout the 9th to 7th centuries.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 712 BC: Usermaatre Osorkon IV had to face the power, and ultimately submit himself to the Kushite King Piye during Piye's conquest of Egypt.
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