An obscure period. B.C. Ramses III with Tiy . New Kingdom declines. B.C. Sheshonk I . B.C. Taharka .
Assyrian invasions begin foreign domination.
B.C. The Achaemenids of Persia in control. Cambyses II to Darius II . Last native dynasties, ending with conquest by Alexander the Great. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore .