公元前664年,普萨美提克一世建立埃及第二十六王朝,并开始雇佣希腊军人帮助他进行内战。伴随着希腊雇佣军一起来到埃及的还有希腊的商人、手工艺人和学者。至阿玛西斯统治时期,聚居在埃及的希腊人越来越多,阿玛西斯遂将瑙克拉提斯城赐予希腊人,该城成为他们定居点。以瑙克拉提斯城为据点,希腊与埃及开始贸易往来与文化交往,随之带来了巨大的经济利益与深远的文化影响,并为希腊与埃及两个文明的进一步交往奠定了基础。
In 664 B. C. ,Psammtik I founded the 26th Dynasty of Egypt,he used the Greek mercenaries to help him fight the civil war. When the war ended,many Greek mercenaries stayed in Egypt,and many Greek merchant,craftsmen and scholar came into Egypt at the same time. In the period of the King Amasis,he gave the city Naukratis to Greeks,let them live there. They not only lived in Naukratis, Greek and Egyptian also traded with each other in this city, they gained great interest. At the same time, the civilization between Greece and Egypt communicated,influenced both states' history.