Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt

State · 615–501 BCE · at its largest around 550 BCE

Saite dynasty founded by Psamtik I, who freed Egypt from Assyrian control; it ruled from Sais until the Persian conquest in 525 BCE.

On its lands while it lasted

Tyre (2,750–501 BCE): Capital of Phoenicia (1150 BCE–501 BCE).
Sidon (c. 1,150–501 BCE): Capital of Phoenicia (1150 BCE–501 BCE).
Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem (c. 587 BCE): Babylonian forces destroyed Jerusalem and Solomon's Temple and deported much of Judah's elite, beginning the Babylonian captivity.
Second Temple completed (c. 516 BCE): Jews returning from Babylonian exile completed a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem, beginning the Second Temple period of Judaism.