Late Period ยท 525โ€“404 BCE

Twenty-seventh Dynasty (First Persian) of Egypt

Achaemenid Persian kings rule Egypt as a satrapy. Darius I completes a canal from the Nile to the Red Sea.

Rulers

  1. Cambyses II
  2. Darius I
  3. Xerxes I
  4. Artaxerxes I
  5. Darius II

Order and dates of rulers are debated for many dynasties. Names in gold have a full profile.