Upper Egypt (Khababash)

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Was a secessionist Egyptian polity created by Khababash in Upper Egypt during the Persian domination of the region.

Establishment

January 337 BC: Khababash was a pharaoh of Upper Egypt who ruled from Sais in Lower Egypt between 338 BC and 336 BC. His reign occurred during the second Persian domination.

Chronology

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1. Usurpation in Upper Egypt

Khababash was a secessionist Egyptian ruler that controlled the area of Sais.

January 335 BC: In 336 BC, Upper Egypt fell under the control of the Achaemenid Empire.

2. Egyptian Invasion of Nubia

Sometime in the 330s BCE the Egyptian ruler of Sais, Khababash, led an invasion into the kingdom of Kush.

January 336 BC: Sometime in the 330s BC, an Egyptian ruler called Kambasuten - who is widely recognized as Khabash - led an invasion into the kingdom of Kush which was defeated by king Nastasen as recorded in a stela now in the Berlin museum. An Apis bull sarcophagus bearing his name was found at Saqqara and dated to his regnal Year 2.

February 336 BC: Sometime in the 330s BC, an Egyptian ruler called Kambasuten - who is widely recognized as Khabash - led an invasion into the kingdom of Kush which was defeated by king Nastasen as recorded in a stela now in the Berlin museum. An Apis bull sarcophagus bearing his name was found at Saqqara and dated to his regnal Year 2.