entity · pol_egyfull_saite_dyn26
Saite Dynasty 26 state
Recentralized Egyptian kingdom centred on Sais with strong temple, military and Mediterranean networks.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
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Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
664 BCE–525 BCE
Precision: range
highApproximate activity or relevance range, not an assertion that the entity was unchanged throughout.
- supports · defines political formation
Egypt and Greece Before Alexander — Stefan Pfeiffer (2013)Supports the formation and its cautions.
Locator: Political history and chronology discussion
Research description
Recentralized Egyptian kingdom centred on Sais with strong temple, military and Mediterranean networks. The record does not imply permanently fixed borders or uniform administration throughout its date range.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Late Period
Modern label conventionally covering Dynasties 26 to 31.
Why does this record have this property?
The political formation falls within this modern period or dynasty classification for the stated interval. The assignment is a modern classification and does not create an ancient event or permanent territorial identity.
- Egypt and Greece Before Alexander
supports assignment · Political chronology
Dynasty 26 / Saite
Modern dynastic label for rulers centred on Sais after Assyrian intervention.
Why does this record have this property?
The political formation falls within this modern period or dynasty classification for the stated interval. The assignment is a modern classification and does not create an ancient event or permanent territorial identity.
- Egypt and Greece Before Alexander
supports assignment · Political chronology
Evidence and sources
- supports · defines political formation
Egypt and Greece Before Alexander — Stefan Pfeiffer (2013)Supports the formation and its cautions.
Locator: Political history and chronology discussion