Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt

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The Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt was a short-lived native ruling house of the Late Period, known for its efforts to maintain Egyptian independence amid recurring Persian threats in the 4th century BCE.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian dynasty ⓘ
ruling house ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 29th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Mendesian Dynasty ⓘ
Twenty-Ninth Dynasty ⓘ
capital Mendes ⓘ
chronologicalPosition fourth-to-last dynasty of ancient Egypt ⓘ
chronologyStatus well-attested by classical and Egyptian sources ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
duration approximately 19 years ⓘ
endTime 380 BCE ⓘ
era Classical antiquity ⓘ
ethnicGroupInPower native Egyptians ⓘ
firstRuler Nepherites I ⓘ
followedBy Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
follows Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
governmentForm monarchy ⓘ
hasMonarch Hakor ⓘ
Nepherites I ⓘ
Nepherites II ⓘ
Psammuthes ⓘ
hasNumberOfRulers 4 ⓘ
hasRuler Hakor, long-reigning king ⓘ
Nepherites I, founder of the dynasty ⓘ
Nepherites II, final king ⓘ
linked to: Nepherites II

Psammuthes, short-reigning king ⓘ
linked to: Psammuthes
historicalSource Manetho’s Aegyptiaca ⓘ
linked to: Manetho
knownFor maintaining Egyptian independence from Persia ⓘ
short-lived native rule in the 4th century BCE ⓘ
languageUsed Ancient Egyptian language ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
lastRuler Nepherites II ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Lower Egypt ⓘ
namedAfter city of Mendes ⓘ
notableRuler Hakor ⓘ
Nepherites I ⓘ
opposedBy Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
partOf Late Period of ancient Egypt ⓘ
politicalStatus independent kingdom ⓘ
precededBy Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
region Nile Delta ⓘ
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
significantConflict Egyptian–Achaemenid conflicts ⓘ
startTime 399 BCE ⓘ
succeededBy Nectanebo I ⓘ
threatenedBy Persian reconquest attempts ⓘ
timePeriod 4th century BCE ⓘ

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

Late Period of Egypt → hasPart → Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt → successor → Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt → succeededByRulerFrom → Mendesian line of the Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt
Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt → alsoKnownAs → Twenty-Ninth Dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt
Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt → alsoKnownAs → 29th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt
Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt → follows → Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt → precededBy → Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Mendes → associatedDynasty → 29th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt
Mendes → wasCapitalOf → 29th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt
Psammuthes → dynasty → Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Hakor → reignedInDynasty → Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Hakor → royalHouse → Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Mendes → wasRoyalCapitalDuring → 29th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
subject linked to: city of Mendes
linked to: Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt
Mendesian Dynasty → follows → Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Mendesian Dynasty → alsoKnownAs → Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Nepherites I → dynastyFounded → Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Nepherites I → ruledDynasty → Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Nepherites I → house → Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Nepherites I → dynasty → Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
House of Nectanebo → precededBy → Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Nepherites II → dynasty → Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Nepherites II → wasLastRulerOf → Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Nakhtnebef → precededByDynasty → Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ