foreign Influences
During what is known as the Late Dynastic period (1090–
332 b.c.), invaders came from Libya, Sudan, Ethiopia, Assyria
(modern Iraq), and Persia (modern Iran). The brilliant young
Macedonian Greek king, Alexander the Great, conquered Egypt
in 332 b.c., beginning the era of Greek control known as the
Ptolemaic period. The Ptolemaic rulers saw themselves as sym-
pathetic benefactors of the Egyptian people and even merged
many Egyptian gods and beliefs with their own. They built the
During what is known as the Late Dynastic period (1090–
332 b.c.), invaders came from Libya, Sudan, Ethiopia, Assyria
(modern Iraq), and Persia (modern Iran). The brilliant young
Macedonian Greek king, Alexander the Great, conquered Egypt
in 332 b.c., beginning the era of Greek control known as the
Ptolemaic period. The Ptolemaic rulers saw themselves as sym-
pathetic benefactors of the Egyptian people and even merged
many Egyptian gods and beliefs with their own. They built the
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