- late 332 BCE,
Mazaces did not have
enough military force to put up a resistance.
Counselled by Amminapes, who knew
Alexander well,
Mazaces handed the country...
-
variants of the name are known:
Maxyes in Herodotus;
Mazyes in Hecataeus;
Mazaces; Mazikes; Mazazaces; etc. They are all
derived from the
Berber autoethnonym...
- Dynasty,
began in 343 BC, but
shortly after, in 332 BC, the
Persian ruler Mazaces handed Egypt over to
Alexander the
Great without a fight. In 332 BC, Alexander...
- The
Egyptians welcome him as
their deliverer, and the
Persian satrap Mazaces wisely surrenders. Alexander's
conquest of
Egypt completes his control...
-
Alexander the Great, who
accepted the
surrender of the
Persian satrap of
Egypt Mazaces in 332 BC,
marking the
beginning of ****enistic rule in
Egypt which stabilized...
- BC)
there was Sabaces, who
fought and died at
Issus and was
succeeded by
Mazaces.
Egyptians also
fought at Issus, for example, the
nobleman Somtutefnekhet...
- battle.
Mazaces was
probably the
successor of
Sabaces in Egypt, but
because Sabaces had
taken with him
nearly all
occupying forces,
Mazaces was not able...
- Preceded by
Mazaces Satrap of
Egypt 332 - 13 June 323 BCE Succeeded by
Ptolemy Soter...
-
Battle of
Issus and
dying there. As a result, the
Persian satrap of Egypt,
Mazaces,
peacefully surrendered to
Alexander upon his arrival.
Darius tried to...
-
reconquered the Nile
valley for a
brief period (343–332 BC). In 332 BC,
Mazaces handed over the
country to
Alexander the
Great without a fight. The Achaemenid...
