Saite Dynasty

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The Saite Dynasty was Egypt’s Twenty-Sixth Dynasty, a late period of native rule known for a cultural renaissance and efforts to restore the glory of earlier pharaonic traditions.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Saite Dynasty canonical 15
Saite Period 1
Saite line of rulers 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Late Period polity of ancient Egypt ⓘ
Twenty-Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
ancient Egyptian dynasty ⓘ
capital Sais ⓘ
chronologicalPosition penultimate native dynasty before long Persian and foreign rule ⓘ
country Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
culturalPolicy emphasis on temple building and restoration ⓘ
restoration of earlier pharaonic religious traditions ⓘ
currencyOrEconomy agrarian economy with Nile-based agriculture ⓘ
endCause Achaemenid Persian conquest ⓘ
endTime 525 BCE ⓘ
era Iron Age Egypt ⓘ
firstRuler Psamtik I ⓘ
follows Twenty-Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
governmentForm absolute monarchy ⓘ
hasImportantRuler Amasis II ⓘ
Necho II ⓘ
Psamtik I ⓘ
hasImportantSite Memphis ⓘ
Naukratis ⓘ
Sais ⓘ
hasMonarch Amasis II ⓘ
Apries ⓘ
Necho II ⓘ
Psamtik I ⓘ
Psamtik II ⓘ
Psamtik III ⓘ
knownFor administrative and military reforms ⓘ
archaising art and inscriptions ⓘ
cultural renaissance ⓘ
foundation and development of Naukratis as a Greek trading emporium ⓘ
increased contact with Greek world ⓘ
revival of Old Kingdom and New Kingdom artistic styles ⓘ
use of Greek mercenaries ⓘ
language Ancient Greek (in contacts and colonies) ⓘ
Demotic Egyptian ⓘ
Late Egyptian ⓘ
lastRuler Psamtik III ⓘ
military use of foreign mercenaries including Greeks and Carians ⓘ
namedAfter Sais ⓘ
partOf Late Period of ancient Egypt ⓘ
precedes Twenty-Seventh Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
region Lower Egypt ⓘ
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
significantEvent Assyrian withdrawal from Egypt and rise of native rule under Psamtik I ⓘ
Battle of Carchemish under Necho II ⓘ
Persian conquest of Egypt by Cambyses II ⓘ
startTime c. 664 BCE ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sais → wasCapitalOf → Saite Dynasty ⓘ
Sais → associatedDynasty → Saite Dynasty ⓘ
Satrapy of Egypt → follows → Saite Dynasty ⓘ
Psamtik I → dynasty → Saite Dynasty ⓘ
Psamtik I → founded → Saite Dynasty ⓘ
Apries → royalHouse → Saite Dynasty ⓘ
Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt → alsoKnownAs → Saite Dynasty ⓘ
Amasis II → royalHouse → Saite period ⓘ
linked to: Saite Dynasty
Psamtik III → associatedWith → Saite Period ⓘ
linked to: Saite Dynasty
Psamtik III → royalHouse → Saite Dynasty ⓘ
Saite Egypt → rulingHouse → Saite Dynasty ⓘ
Bakenranef → dynasticHouse → Saite line of rulers ⓘ
linked to: Saite Dynasty
Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt → alsoKnownAs → Saite Dynasty ⓘ
subject linked to: Wahibre
Sais temple complex → associatedDynasty → Saite Dynasty ⓘ
Necho I → dynasty → Saite Dynasty ⓘ
Ankhnesneferibre → royalHouse → Saite Dynasty ⓘ
Sekhemib → hasDynasty → Saite Dynasty ⓘ
Neferibre → usedByDynasty → Saite Dynasty ⓘ