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Amasis II () or Ahmose II was a pharaoh ( 570 B. C. E.
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.
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 .).
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.
According to Herodotus, Amasis, was asked by Cambyses II or Cyrus the Great for an Egyptian ophthalmologist on good terms.
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.
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.
Amasis assigned the commercial colony of Naucratis on the Canopic branch of the Nile to the Greeks, and when the temple of Delphi was burnt, he contributed 1, 000 talents to the rebuilding.
), 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.
However, Amasis was later faced with a more formidable enemy with the rise of Persia under Cyrus who ascended to the throne in 559 B. C. E.
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.
Cyprus gained independence for some time around 669 but was conquered by Egypt under Amasis ( 570-526 / 525 ).
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.
A temple attested by its foundation deposits was built by Amasis.
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.
Amasis thus secured his kingship over Egypt and was now the unchallenged ruler of Egypt.
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.
The first important painter of this time was the Amasis Painter ( 560 – 525 BC ), named after the famous potter Amasis, with whom he primarily worked.
Whereas Lydos showed more the abilities of a skilled craftsman, the Amasis Painter was an accomplished artist.
The work of Lydos and the Amasis Painter was, by contrast, not imitated as frequently.

Amasis and men
Herodotus also describes that just like his predecessor, Amasis II relied on Greek mercenaries and council men.

Amasis and daughter
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.
Cambyses complied and requested a daughter of Amasis for marriage.
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.
" Amasis, the former general who had declared himself pharaoh also married Apries ' daughter Chedebnitjerbone II to legitimise his accession to power.
According to Herodotus, he had a son named Amasis and a wife and daughter, both unnamed in historical documents.
The story takes place in Ancient Egypt where Princess Amasidia, daughter to King Amasis, is walking along the Pelusium Way in the company of Old Mambres, who the king appointed to be in charge of her household.
Then Amasis went to kill his daughter as if he didn't he would be sentenced to hell.

Amasis and .
Amasis then married Chedebnitjerbone II, one of the daughters of his predecessor Apries, in order to legitimise his kingship.
Herodotus describes how Amasis II would eventually cause a confrontation with the Persian armies.
Amasis seems to have complied by forcing an Egyptian physician into mandatory labor causing him to leave his family behind in Egypt and move to Persia in forced exile.
" 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.
This head probably came from a temple statue of Amasis II.
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.

was and enraged
Either way, the girl's brothers killed the bear, and Artemis was enraged.
Local German peasants, angry at French plundering, compounded Tallard's problems, leading Mérode-Westerloo to bemoan – " the enraged peasantry killed several thousand of our men before the army was clear of the Black Forest.
Wang Mang was eventually killed in Weiyang Palace by an enraged peasant mob in AD 23.
Upon this, the goddess was enraged and changed her into a beast.
Upon this, Diana was enraged and expelled Callisto from the group, and subsequently she gave birth to Arcas.
Their initial studio work was marred by a heated disagreement between Bowie and Cambridge over the latter's drumming style ; matters came to a head when Bowie, enraged, accused, " You're fucking up my album.
There was a time when I became so enraged by what I began to feel was his determination to hoodwink me that I found it necessary to place on my desk a notice saying: REMEMBER, IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING, HE WAS A GREAT MAN.
But the most important thing Griffith did was work out significant and expressive natural gestures in intensive rehearsal periods with his actors, before the film was shot, such as the enraged and jealous husband in The Voice of the Child ( 1911 ) walking around his office chomping on a cigar and puffing clouds of smoke out of it through clenched teeth.
Kemp was vocal in his opposition to the reforms and even penned an op-ed piece in The New York Times, which enraged Dole.
King Jagiello was enraged and decided to find the meaning of these wanderings after dark.
Ribbentrop was enraged by Abetz's expulsion, and attacked Count Johannes von Welczeck, the German Ambassador in Paris, over his failure to have the French re-admit Abetz.
" Tension and feelings ran so high that a riot was narrowly averted as police stationed themselves between the players and enraged spectators.
Henry III was enraged by Beatrice's unauthorised marriage to his enemy and he descended into Italy in the early spring of 1055, arriving at Verona in April and then Mantua by Easter.
Atta was also enraged by Egypt's ruling elite, and the Egyptian government's crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood members.
According to this version, the pope was required by Maxentius, who was enraged at his reorganization of the Church, to lay aside his episcopal dignity and make an offering to the gods.
On his death, the bust of Urban that lay beside the Palace of the Conservators on the Capitoline Hill was rapidly destroyed by an enraged crowd, and only a quick-thinking priest saved the sculpture of Urban belonging to the Jesuits from a similar fate.
The Emperor was enraged and stripped him of all his possessions in 860.
Saladin was later enraged when he received a message from Arslan accusing Nur al-Din of more abuses against his daughter.
Initially these protests were quelled with force by local police, but when the body of a student was found floating in the harbor of Masan, the whole nation was enraged and protests spread nationwide.
However, Alexander was popular with the troops, who viewed their new Emperor with dislike: when Elagabalus, jealous of this popularity, removed the title of Caesar from his nephew the enraged praetorian guard swore to protect him.
The Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong, was enraged and asked the Xinhua News Agency to produce reports on Indian expansionists operating in Tibet.

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