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2890 BCE - 2670 BCE: Bastet gains in popularity during the Second Dynasty of Egypt.
2400 BCE - 2300 BCE: Bastet associated with the king of Egypt as nursemaid and protector.
2134 BCE - 2040 BCE: Bastet known as Protector of the Dead and associated with Egyptian afterlife.
525 BCE: Cambyses II of Persia invades Egypt and uses Bastet's image to force Egyptian surrender at the Battle of Pelusium.