Dynasty Notes
The Thirtieth Dynasty marked the end of Egyptian rule over their own country. The last Egyptian-born pharaohs (Nectanebo I, Teos, and Nectanebo II) ruled over a weakening and besieged Egypt.
After this dynasty, Egypt was ruled by Persian invaders and the greek Ptolemies from Alexandria -- foreign leaders who "egyptianized' themselves to some degree, but ruled Egypt as outsiders.
During this dynasty, which lasted a bare forty years or so, Egypt was continually attacked by Persian invaders -- usually ineffectual attacks that were turned back, in one case, by the Nile itself -- and continued campaigns against Syria. The Egyptian pharaohs had made peace with the Greeks in Athens by now, but the remoteness of Egypt from their new allies resulted in the Greeks pretty much ignoring them.
The first Nectanebo was a fairly prosperous pharaoh, although he did tax his people heavily to fulfill his desires to wage ware in Syria. He was saved from the Persians by the flooding nile, and his son continued to struggle with them throughout his reign, eventually attempting to defeat them. Instead, Teos was forced to flee from his own forces who rebelled against him and his oppressive ways. The last ruler of the dynasty, Nectanebo II, lost Egypt to the Persian invaders and was succeeded by his opponent, Artaxerxes III when he fled the country
There are only three pharaohs from this dynasty:
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