Saite kingdom

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The Saite kingdom was a late-period Egyptian state centered at Sais, known for a cultural and political revival under the 26th Dynasty before the Persian conquest.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Saite kingdom canonical 2
Delta kingdom 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Late Period Egyptian state ⓘ
ancient Egyptian kingdom ⓘ
allowedSettlementOf Greek mercenaries ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Dynasty 26 Egypt ⓘ
Saite Period ⓘ
capital Sais ⓘ
centeredAt Sais ⓘ
conqueredBy Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Cambyses II of Persia ⓘ
linked to: Cambyses II
culturalPolicy restoration of temples ⓘ
revival of traditional Egyptian religious practices ⓘ
economyBasedOn Nile trade ⓘ
agriculture ⓘ
endCause Persian conquest of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Conquest of Egypt
endDate 525 BCE ⓘ
engagedWith Greek city-states ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
knownFor administrative reforms ⓘ
artistic archaism ⓘ
cultural revival ⓘ
foreign policy balancing Assyria, Lydia, and Greece ⓘ
political revival ⓘ
revival of Old Kingdom and Middle Kingdom artistic styles ⓘ
language Egyptian language ⓘ
locatedIn Lower Egypt ⓘ
majorPort Naukratis ⓘ
militaryFeature use of Greek mercenaries ⓘ
namedAfter Sais ⓘ
notableRuler Amasis II ⓘ
Apries ⓘ
Necho II ⓘ
Psamtik I ⓘ
Psamtik II ⓘ
partOf Late Period of ancient Egypt ⓘ
history of ancient Egypt ⓘ
politicalStatus independent kingdom before Persian conquest ⓘ
predecessor Assyrian domination of Egypt ⓘ
Kushite Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
region Nile Delta ⓘ
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
ruledByDynasty Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
script Demotic script ⓘ
hieroglyphic Egyptian ⓘ
startDate c. 664 BCE ⓘ
successor First Achaemenid Period of Egypt ⓘ
timePeriod 6th century BCE ⓘ
7th century BCE ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Tefnakht → foundedPoliticalEntity → Saite kingdom ⓘ
Bakenranef → governedAreaType → Delta kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Saite kingdom