Editing 525 BC (section)

=== By place ===

==== Egypt ====
* [[Battle of Pelusium (525 BC)|Battle of Pelusium]] - [[Cambyses II]] of [[Achaemenid Empire|Persia]] conquers [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]] by painting cats and other animals sacred to the Egyptians on his soldiers' shields. The Egyptians run in fear of "harming" these animals. It is said that after the battle, Cambyses hurled cats in the faces of the Egyptians in scorn that they would sacrifice their country for the safety of their animals.<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.worldhistory.org/article/43/|title=The Battle of Pelusium: A Victory Decided by Cats|website=[[World History Encyclopedia]]}}</ref>
* Cambyses takes [[Psamtik III]] prisoner and treats him kindly until he tries to raise a revolt, at which point Psamtik is executed.<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1" />
* The [[Twenty-sixth Dynasty]] ends, and the [[Twenty-seventh Dynasty]] begins.
'''Somalia'''

* After conquering Egypt, the Persian king [[Cambyses II]] sent ambassadors to Macrobia, bringing luxury gifts for the Macrobian king to entice his submission. The Macrobian king replied instead with a challenge for his Persian counterpart in the form of an unstrung [[Bow and arrow|bow]]: if the Persians could manage to string it, they would have the right to invade his country; but until then, they should thank the gods that the Macrobians never decided to invade their empire.<ref>{{Cite book |last=White |first=John S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PuFRDwAAQBAJ&q=Macrobians+unstrung+bow |title=The Boys ́ and Girls ́ Herodotus |date=2018-04-05 |publisher=BoD – Books on Demand |isbn=978-3-7326-5420-8 |language=en}}</ref>