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Conquered by Cambyses in 525 BC and a part of Persian Empire until conquered by Alexander the Great in 332 BC; Became a part of Roman Empire in 30 BC;
"Pharaohs of Nubian origin ruled Egypt wisely and well until Assyrians seized it in 667 B.C. Thereafter, Egypt was subject to one foreign power after another, including the Persians, the Macedonians under Alexander the Great, and finally the Romans under Augustus Caesar, who ousted Queen Cleopatra--the last ruler to bear the title pharaoh--and annexed once mighty Egypt as a province." [National Geographic Almanac, p. 55