Persia reconquers Egypt
Nectanebo II flees, ending the rule of native pharaohs
In the winter of 343 BC the Persian king Artaxerxes III invaded Egypt with Greek mercenaries; Nectanebo II, the last native pharaoh, fled south. Egypt became a Persian satrapy again until Alexander the Great took it without a fight in 332 BC.
Wikipedia (English) · 4th century BC
Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 338 BC The Battle of Chaeronea — 5 years later
Middle East
- 333 BC The Battle of Issus — 10 years later
- 331 BC Battle of Gaugamela — 12 years later
- 323 BC Death of Alexander the Great — 20 years later
Asia
- c. 322 BC Founding of the Maurya Empire — 21 years later
Alive at the time
- Aristotle (aged 41)
- Alexander the Great (aged 13)
- Mencius (aged 29)
- Diogenes of Sinope (aged 69)
- Shang Yang (aged 47)
- Olympias (aged 32)
- Zhuangzi (aged 26)
- Ptolemy I Soter (aged 24)
- Pyrrho (aged 17)
- Pytheas (aged 7)