id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9058 Thirty-first Dynasty of Egypt - Wikipedia .html text/html 4929 878 75 The Thirty-first Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XXXI, alternatively 31st Dynasty or Dynasty 31), also known as the Second Egyptian Satrapy, was effectively a satrapy of the Achaemenid Persian Empire between 343 BC to 332 BC. It was founded by Artaxerxes III, the King of Persia, after his reconquest of Egypt and subsequent crowning as Pharaoh of Egypt, and was disestablished upon the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great. The period of the 31st Dynasty was the second occasion in which Persian pharaohs ruled Egypt, hence the term "Second Egyptian Satrapy". After a year of fighting the Egyptian Pharaoh, Nectanebo inflicted a crushing defeat on the Persians with the support of mercenaries led by the Greek generals Diophantus and Lamius.[6] Artaxerxes was compelled to retreat and postpone his plans to reconquer Egypt. Periods and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt Persians in Egypt in the Achaemenid period". ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9058.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9058.txt