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Amasis and would
Herodotus describes how Amasis II would eventually cause a confrontation with the Persian armies.
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.
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 would die before Cambyses reached him, but his heir and son Psamtik III would be defeated by the Persians.
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.
King Amasis had hoped that Egypt would be able to withstand the threatened Persian attack by an alliance with the Greeks.
Polycrates told Amasis of his good fortune, and Amasis immediately broke off their alliance, believing that such a lucky man would eventually come to a disastrous end.
Then Amasis went to kill his daughter as if he didn't he would be sentenced to hell.

Amasis and one
Amasis then married Chedebnitjerbone II, one of the daughters of his predecessor Apries, in order to legitimise his kingship.
Psamtik III was the son of the pharaoh Amasis II and one of his wives, Queen Tentkheta.
Mambres knowing that the bull was the princess's love had to keep it a secret because that man was Nabuchad the one who had dethroned Amasis 7 years prior.

Amasis and is
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 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 ).
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.
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.
* 567 BC — Former pharaoh Apries invades Egypt with Babylonian help but is defeated by Saite pharaoh Amasis II ( also known as Ahmose II ).
In many cases, such as Tleson and the Tleson Painter, Amasis and the Amasis Painter or even Nikosthenes and Painter N, it is impossible to make unambiguous attributions, although in much of the scientific literature these painters and potters are assumed to be the same person.
Although the Amasis Painter often depicted mythological events — he is known for his pig-faced satyrs, for example — he is better known for his scenes of daily life.
The Kleophrades painter is thought to be the son of the potter Amasis, and the pupil of Euthymides, as his earliest work greatly resembles that of his master.
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.

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

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

Amasis and man
c. 470 BC Amasis compels Cyprus to pay tribute to Egypt after becoming the first man to take it by force.
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Amasis and Persia
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 and up
In 570 BC the Pharaoh Apries ( Wahibre, reigned 589-570 BC ) led the descendants of this mercenary army made up of 30, 000 Carians and Ionians against a former general turned rebel by the name of Amasis.
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Amasis and with
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.
which left Amasis with no major Near Eastern allies to counter Persia's increasing military might.
* c. 540 BC — Amasis Painter makes Dionysos with maenads, black-figure decoration on an amphora.
Voltaire interprets the legacy of Nebuchadnezzar and his relationship with Amasis in a short story entitled The White Bull.
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.
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.
He then allied with Amasis II, pharaoh of Egypt, as well as the tyrant of Naxos Lygdamis.
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.
Amasis indeed converted Naucratis into a major treaty-port and commercial link with the west.
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 ).

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