Mesopotamia comes to Egypt
by Damien F. Mackey “The Chronicle of John of Nikiu who wrote of Cambyses[’] exploits after his name change to Nebuchadnezzar. He wrote of how Cambyses under his new name Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and desolated Egypt. It becomes apparent therefore that John gave credit to Cambyses for what Nebuchadnezzar accomplished”. Too many invasions of Egypt Introduction Between c. 670 BC and c. 525 BC, nearly 150 years, three separate great world powers (Assyria, Babylonia and Persia) invaded Egypt. Or so the history books tell us. The king-invaders were (i) neo-Assyria’s Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal; (ii) neo-Babylonia’s Nebuchednezzar II; and (iii) Persia’s Cambyses. However, if Esarhaddon - thought to have been the father of Ashurbanipal - were actually the same person as Ashurbanipal - see my multi-part series beginning wi...