Dec 22, 2009

Salem on History | Third Intermediate Period Begins in Egypt

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Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
Categories: Government and Politics, Military History, Civilizations, Cultures
Subcategories: Kings, Queens, Kingdoms, Monarchy, Empires, Dynasties, Invasions, Raids, Conquests, Sieges, Pharaohs
Curriculum: African History, Middle Eastern History, Ancient History
Geographical Location: Egypt
Date: 1069

Article abstract: Political disunity after the New Kingdom left Egypt open to invasion, and the country was successively ruled from Nubia, Assyria, and Persia, until finally conquered by Alexander the Great.

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The Third Intermediate Period (1069-c. 332 b.c.e., which is sometimes broken into the Third Intermediate Period, 1069-644, and the Late Period, 644-c. 332) covers the time between the end of the powerful and centralized New Kingdom government and the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great in 332 b.c.e. Already by the end of the...

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Salem on History | Third Intermediate Period Begins in Egypt

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