I thought Rome conquered Egypt.
The Persians did?
Egypt was conquered by lots of different people, was under foreign rule — or under multiple local authorities, all claiming to be over all — for probably most of its history (just an uneducated guess, I’ve never worked that one out with an index card, pencil, and hash marks). There’s a reference in the Akkadian period of Assyria to tribute from “Musri” which was their name for Egypt (”Misr” is still in the official name for the country today; Akkadian and Arabic are both Semitic tongues; for that matter, the Hebrew name for it was Mizraim). Anyway, the Akkadian rule may not have been an occupation, it may merely have been a payoff, analogous to the Danegeld of medieval England.
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/cambyses/index
And yup, the Romans also did.
Don’t feel bad. It’s hard keeping your nose in the books when the Italian Bakery on the corner is putting fresh cannollis out east morning. Hey, have a great day today.