
Xerxes I
First Persian Period
27th Dynasty (First Persian)
486-465 BC
Xerxes I was an Achaemenid Persian king and pharaoh of Egypt, succeeding Darius I and ruling a vast empire from India to the eastern Mediterranean.
Artaxerxes I
First Persian Period
27th Dynasty (First Persian)
465-424 BC
Artaxerxes I ruled the Persian Empire and Egypt during the fifth century BC.
Darius II
First Persian Period
27th Dynasty (First Persian)
423-404 BC
Darius II ruled Egypt as part of the Persian Empire late in the 27th Dynasty. Increasing instability within the Achaemenid realm encouraged renewed Egyptian resistance, which ultimately resulted in Egypt recovering its independence shortly after his reign.
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