Ancient Egyptian Forum

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Egyptian hieroglyphics had been used by the Egyptians for thousands of years. However, a particularly bleak period of Egyptian history is the conquest of Egypt by Persia. The Egyptians were dominated by Persian intruders. The events that changed the nature of Egypt were not the Persian conquest but rather the war between Persia (the rulers of Egypt) and the united Greek city-states. Greece had originally been united by Philip of Macedon and then ruled effectively by Alexander the Great. Alexander defeated the Persian forces and then took his army to Egypt. There he was welcomed as a conquering hero by the Egyptians because he brought an end to Persian rule. He was made a god by the Egyptians as well as a pharaoh. He, however, had other campaigns to wage and took his army off to the Middle East and the Indus River Valley leaving a regent in charge of Egypt

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[Osiris II]

The Rosetta stone is a decree issued by Ptolomy V in 196 BC.
At that time, Egypt was under the rule of the Ptolomies, who were the descendants of one of Alexander's generals, who became ruler of Egypt upon Alexander's death.
Alexander was present in Egypt about 330 BC.

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Periods (All dates are "Before Common Era" or B.C.E.)



Greek Dynasty- (332 - 30 B.C.A.)
Persian Period II - (342 - 332 B.C.E.)
Late Period II - (425 - 342 B.C.E.)
Persian Period I - (517 - 425 B.C.E.)
Late Period I - (1069 - 517 B.C.E.)
New Kingdom - (1550 - 1069 B.C.E.)
Intermediate Period II - (1650 - 1550 B.C.E.)
Middle Kingdom - (2125 - 1650 B.C.E.)
Intermediate Period I - (2181 - 2125 B.C.E.)
Old Kingdom - (3100 - 2181 B.C.E.)
Archaic Period - (3414 - 3100 B.C.E.)
Predynastic Period - (5464 - 3414 B.C.E.)