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530 BCE
530 BCE - 522 BCE: Reign of Cambyses II of Persia.
526 BCE - 525 BCE: Reign of Psamtik (Psammetichus) III in Egypt, ending with the Persian invasion.
525 BCE - 522 BCE: Cambyses II of Persia rules Egypt and leads campaign to Nubia.
525 BCE: Cambyses II of Persia takes the city of Pelusium, conquers Egypt.
522 BCE: Darius I (Darius the Great) succeeds to the throne of Persia after the death of Cambyses II.