À partir de XXXᵉ siècle av. J.-C.
Nile Delta, Egypt
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Sais was an Egyptian city in the Delta whose chief, Necho, played a role in the late seventh-century BC power struggles involving Kush, Assyria, and Egypt. The city later became associated with Psamtek, Necho’s son, whose rise produced the reunited and independent Saite Egypt.
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Sais was one of the important political centres in Lower Egypt during the period of fragmentation described in the extract. Its chief, Necho, belonged to the group of nome-governors whose authority increasingly overshadowed that of the titular pharaohs. Sais therefore stood at the centre of the competition among local Egyptian rulers, Kushite kings, and Assyrian armies.
In 664 BC, Tanwetamani advanced into the Delta and apparently killed Necho of Sais. After this crisis, Necho’s son Psamtek emerged as ruler of a reunited and independent Egypt. The dynasty he founded is conventionally known as the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty or Saite Dynasty.
Sais thus gave its name to a decisive phase in Egyptian political restoration. The extract does not provide a detailed description of the city’s institutions or material culture, but it clearly presents the city and its ruling family as central to the transition from foreign intervention and local fragmentation to renewed Egyptian independence.
À partir de XXXᵉ siècle av. J.-C.
Nile Delta, Egypt
Traduction non disponible · Original (anglais) · français indisponible
Sais was an Egyptian city in the Delta whose chief, Necho, played a role in the late seventh-century BC power struggles involving Kush, Assyria, and Egypt. The city later became associated with Psamtek, Necho’s son, whose rise produced the reunited and independent Saite Egypt.
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Le récit
Sais was one of the important political centres in Lower Egypt during the period of fragmentation described in the extract. Its chief, Necho, belonged to the group of nome-governors whose authority increasingly overshadowed that of the titular pharaohs. Sais therefore stood at the centre of the competition among local Egyptian rulers, Kushite kings, and Assyrian armies.
In 664 BC, Tanwetamani advanced into the Delta and apparently killed Necho of Sais. After this crisis, Necho’s son Psamtek emerged as ruler of a reunited and independent Egypt. The dynasty he founded is conventionally known as the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty or Saite Dynasty.
Sais thus gave its name to a decisive phase in Egyptian political restoration. The extract does not provide a detailed description of the city’s institutions or material culture, but it clearly presents the city and its ruling family as central to the transition from foreign intervention and local fragmentation to renewed Egyptian independence.
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