When did egypt fall?

the demise of the hieroglyphs was a manifestation of the decline and fall of the ancient religion Is it the definitive end of native Egyptian rule (at least until the 20th century)? In this case the answer would be the flight of King Nectanebo II in 342 BC. Is it Egypt's absorption into the Roman Empire in 30 BC? read more

The Sphinx and the Pyramids during the peak of the Egyptian Old Kingdom © The impact of a series of low floods, even if they occur over a few years, can cause distress, famine, plague and civil unrest in Egypt. read more

Long a colony of Egypt, Nubia now had rulers (the 25th Dynasty) who regarded themselves as ideologically the heirs of the ancient culture of Egypt, and as such they became overlords first of Thebes, and then took over the whole of Egypt, becoming pharaohs of a united kingdom of Egypt and Nubia around 720 BC. read more

You will find them discussed at length in any good history of ancient Egypt. What happened in Egypt was not a mere political upheaval to change the ruler or form of government; it was the ruin of a whole civilization through the collapse of its moral foundations. read more

Facts about the fall of ancient Egypt The factors leading to the decline of ancient Egypt were largely uncontrollable. A civil war coupled with invasions by the Assyrians weakened the Egyptian military allowing the Persian empire to successfully invade and take over Egypt. read more