Amasis worrying that his daughter would be a concubine to the Persian king refused to give up his offspring ; Amasis also was not willing to take on the Persian empire so he concocted a trickery in which he forced the daughter of the ex-pharaoh Apries, whom Herodotus explicitly confirms to have been killed by Amasis, to go to Persia instead of his own offspring.

Amasis reacted by cultivating closer ties with the Greek states to counter the future Persian invasion into Egypt but was fortunate to have died in 526 B. C. E.

Nebuchadnezzar successfully fought the Pharaohs Psammetichus II and Apries throughout his reign, and during the reign of Pharaoh Amasis in 568 BC it is rumoured that he may have briefly invaded Egypt itself.

In the northern section were found several temple ruins ( E: Temple of Hera, F: Temple of Apollo & G: Temple of Dioscuri ) including what may be Herodotus ' Hellenion discovered by Hogarth in 1899 ( directly east of F .) " None of the votive pottery found here need have arrived earlier than the reign of Amasis, so it may well be that the Hellenion was founded as the result of his reorganization of the status of Naucratis, while the independent sanctuaries ... are of the earlier years of the town.

According to Strabo the Greek name Ἀμάσεια comes from Amasis, the queen of the Amazons, who were said to have lived here.

This division of labours appears to have developed along with the introduction of red-figure painting, since many potter-painters are known from the black-figure period ( including Exekias, Nearchos and perhaps the Amasis Painter ).

Cambyses complied and requested a daughter of Amasis for marriage.

General Amasis, sent to meet them and quell the revolt, was proclaimed king by the rebels instead, and Apries, who had now to rely entirely on his mercenaries, was defeated.

According to Herodotus, Amasis, was asked by Cambyses II or Cyrus the Great for an Egyptian ophthalmologist on good terms.

" Nitetis naturally, betrayed Amasis and upon being greeted by the Persian king explained Amasis's trickery and her true origins.

Amasis would die before Cambyses reached him, but his heir and son Psamtik III would be defeated by the Persians.

Amasis would send one of his eunuchs to capture Phanes, but the eunuch is bested by the wise council man and Phanes flees to Persia, meeting up with Cambyses providing advice in his invasion of Egypt.

Herodotus relates that under his prudent administration, Egypt reached a new level of wealth ; Amasis adorned the temples of Lower Egypt especially with splendid monolithic shrines and other monuments ( his activity here is proved by existing remains ).

), Amasis was able to defeat an invasion of Egypt by the Babylonians under Nebuchadrezzar II ; henceforth, the Babylonians experienced sufficient difficulties controlling their empire that they were forced to abandon future attacks against Amasis.

Cambyses wants to marry a daughter of Amasis, who sends him a daughter of Apries instead of his own daughter, and by her Cambyses is induced to begin the war.

The war took place in 525 BCE, when Amasis II had just been succeeded by his son Psamtik III.

King Amasis had hoped that Egypt would be able to withstand the threatened Persian attack by an alliance with the Greeks.

Cyprus gained independence for some time around 669 but was conquered by Egypt under Amasis ( 570-526 / 525 ).

* 567 BC — Former pharaoh Apries invades Egypt with Babylonian help but is defeated by Saite pharaoh Amasis II ( also known as Ahmose II ).

She was taken to Egypt in the time of Pharaoh Amasis, and freed there for a large sum by Charaxus of Mytilene, brother of Sappho, the lyric poet.

Dionysus and two Maenads, as depicted by the Amasis Painter circa 550-530BCE.

A temple attested by its foundation deposits was built by Amasis.

Amasis, however, reportedly treated Apries ' mortal remains with respect and observed the proper funerary rituals by having Apries ' body carried to Sais and buried there with " full military honours.

On Samos he built an aqueduct, a large temple of Hera ( the Heraion, to which Amasis dedicated many gifts ), and a palace later rebuilt by the Roman emperor Caligula.

The work of Lydos and the Amasis Painter was, by contrast, not imitated as frequently.

An inscription confirms the struggle between the native Egyptian and the foreign soldiery, and proves that Apries was killed and honourably buried in the third year of Amasis ( c. 567 B. C. E .).

At this time of crisis, the Egyptians turned in support towards a victorious general, Amasis II who had led Egyptian forces in a highly successful invasion of Nubia in 592 BC under pharaoh Psamtik II, Apries ' father.

Contract for metayage, papyrus, 35th year of Amasis II ( 533 BC, Demotic ( Egyptian ) | 26th Dynasty )

In an attempt to exact revenge for his forced exile, the physician would grow very close with Cambyses and would suggest that Cambyses should ask Amasis for a daughter in marriage in order to solidify his bonds with the Egyptians.

Although Amasis thus appears first as champion of the disparaged native, he had the good sense to cultivate the friendship of the Greek world, and brought Egypt into closer touch with it than ever before.

Amasis indeed converted Naucratis into a major treaty-port and commercial link with the west.

According to Herodotus, Amasis thought Polycrates was too successful, and advised him to throw away whatever he valued most in order to escape a reversal of fortune.

Amasis shut down the " camps " and moved the Greek soldiers to Memphis where they were employed " to guard him against the native Egyptians.

One such figure was Phanes of Halicarnassus, who would later on leave Amasis, for reasons Herodotus does not clearly know but suspects were personal between the two figures.

Some information is known about the family origins of Amasis: his mother was a certain Tashereniset as a bust statue of this lady, which is today located in the British Museum, shows.

Herodotus who visited Egypt less than a century after Amasis II's death writes that:

Herodotus also relates the desecration of Ahmose II / Amasis ' mummy when the Persian king Cambyses conquered Egypt and thus ended the 26th Saite dynasty:

* 526 BC — Psammetichus III succeeds Amasis II as king of Egypt.

* 570 BC — Amasis II succeeds Apries as king of Egypt.

Amasis, king of Egypt, collected army, and marched and spread abroad.

There, according to Herodotus he visited the Pharaoh of Egypt Amasis II.

Croesus, now feeling secure, formed an alliance with Sparta in addition to those he had with Amasis II of Egypt and Nabonidus of Babylonia, and launched his campaign against the Persian Empire in 547 BC.

* Amasis I, Pharaoh of Egypt in 1550 – 1525 BC

* Amasis II, Pharaoh of Egypt in 570 – 526 BC

* Amasis ( Persian general ), Achaemenid military commander in Egypt in ca.

Amasis quickly declared himself pharaoh in 570 BC and Apries fled Egypt and sought refuge in another foreign country.

When Apries marched back to Egypt in 567 BC with the aid of a Babylonian army to reclaim the throne of Egypt, he was likely killed in battle with Amasis ' forces.