To What Extent Did the Rule of Cambyses II and Darius I Influence Egyptian Society?

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To What Extent Did the Rule of Cambyses II and Darius I Influence Egyptian Society?

Zhiqian Zhang 1*
  • 1 St Paul’s School, Lonsdale Road, London, England    
  • *corresponding author zhangz@stpaulsschool.org.uk
CHR Vol.4
ISSN (Print): 2753-7072
ISSN (Online): 2753-7064
ISBN (Print): 978-1-915371-31-7
ISBN (Online): 978-1-915371-32-4

Abstract

From 525-332 BC, Egypt was conquered and ruled by the Persian empire. Throughout this period, the first two emperors: Cambyses II and Darius I both played an important role in establishing Persian rule over Egypt. As a traditional society, the collision between the Egyptian ideology and the presence of the Persian empire influenced the administrative, cultural-political, and social structure of Egypt. This paper aims to discuss the influence of Cambyses II and Darius I on Egyptian society. As a result, these two Persian rulers mostly influenced the upper group of Egyptian society in order to integrate Egypt into Persia while exerting very few changes to the basic social order of Egypt. The disruption of Egyptian tradition includes establishing the province administration, cultural-political influence through introducing Persian-Egyptian imagery and corporation with the local elites. Although the presence of Persians caused changes in the legal and infrastructural system as well as some secondary effects on the Egyptian ethnicity belief, the Egyptian society mostly remained untouched and able to assimilate just some of the influences.

Keywords:

Persian empire, Egypt, social history

Zhang,Z. (2023). To What Extent Did the Rule of Cambyses II and Darius I Influence Egyptian Society?. Communications in Humanities Research,4,348-353.
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Zhang,Z. (2023). To What Extent Did the Rule of Cambyses II and Darius I Influence Egyptian Society?. Communications in Humanities Research,4,348-353.

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Volume title: Proceedings of the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication Studies (ICIHCS 2022), Part 2

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References

[1]. Lv, H.L. (2020) Herodotus’ History of Persia and how It Shaped the Intellectual Elite’s View of Persia in Ancient Greece. Historical Research.

[2]. Herodotus. (1920-1925) Histories (4 volumes).Translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

[3]. Pomeroy, S.B. and Xenophon (1994). Oeconomicus. Editorial: Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[4]. Guo, Z.L. (2014). An Exploration of Persian Rule in Ancient Egypt. Collected Papers Of History Studies.

[5]. Trigger, B.G. (1983). Ancient Egypt: a social history. Cambridge Cambridgeshire; New York: Cambridge University Press.

[6]. Yu, Z. (2018). Research on Cultural Identity in the Late Period of Ancient Egypt. Jilin University

[7]. Lichtheim, M. (2006). Ancient Egyptian literature: a book of readings. Berkeley, Calif.; London: University Of California Press.

[8]. Guo, D.T., Wang, H. (2021). Image of Kingship in Egypt under Persia Empire‘s Rule. Historical Review.

[9]. Xu, H. (2018). A study on the foreigners and their image construction in the Ancient Egyptian Documents. Journal of Changshu Institute of Technology (Philisophy & Social Sciences), 3, 84–90.

[10]. Depuydt, L., Johnson J.H. (2003). Gold of Praise: Studies on Ancient Egypt in Honor of Edward F. Wente. Edited by Emily Teeter and John A. Larson. Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization, 58, 211-222.

[11]. Atkinson, K. M. T. (1956). The Legitimacy of Cambyses and Darius as Kings of Egypt. Journal of the American Oriental Society, 76(3), 167–177.

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