40 Years of Exile

By TimeGuy1234
  • 564 BCE

    Nebuchadrezzar's Egyptian Holocaust

    The king of Babylon, Nebuchadrezzar, committed what can only be called an Egyptian holocaust in 564 B.C., killing as many Egyptians as he could and forcing the rest into Nubia, along with their pharaoh Taharqa, for 40 years. They barely survived until Cyrus the Great came in 543 B.C., and then the rebuilding process ended under Cambyses the Great after the 40 years was over, in 525 B.C.
  • Period: 564 BCE to 543 BCE

    Taharqa (in Nubia)

    After Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, sacked Egypt, he forced many of the Egyptians and the pharaoh, Taharqa, south into Nubia. Taharqa continued ruling the small remainder of Egyptians, but he relinquished his power to Cyrus when the Persian came and conquered Egypt. Taharqa ruled the Egyptians in Nubia from 564 to 543 B.C.
  • 543 BCE

    Cyrus the Great's Restoration Begins

    In 543 B.C., Cyrus the Great, suzerain of Egypt, began a restoration attempt and placed a vassal in his place as he ruled the Persian Empire.
  • Period: 543 BCE to 530 BCE

    Cyrus the Great

    Cyrus the Great expelled Babylonian troops from Egypt in 543 B.C. and began restoring Egypt's culture. Although it was not fully restored until Cambyses in 525 B.C., there was a restoration effort under Cyrus the Great. Cyrus ruled as a suzerain of Egypt from 543 to 530 B.C.
  • Period: 543 BCE to 525 BCE

    Psamtik I

    Wahibre Psamtik I was the first vassal of Egypt under the Persian suzerainty. Psamtik ruled from 543 to 525 B.C. during the restoration project.
  • Period: 530 BCE to 525 BCE

    Cambyses I

    Cambyses I, Cyrus the Great's son, inherited the land of Egypt at his accession on the Persian throne in 530 B.C. Cambyses ruled Egypt from 530 B.C. through the completion of the restoration in 525 B.C.