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Assassination of Amenemhat I
The assassination of Amenemhat I was the murder of the founder of Egypt's Twelfth Dynasty in a palace conspiracy by his own court and guard, in regnal year 30.
Campaign of Amenemhat I against the Libyans
The campaign of Amenemhat I against the Libyans was a punitive Egyptian expedition against the Tjehenu of the western desert around 1962 BC, led by his son Senusret I.
Campaign of Kamose against the Hyksos
The campaign of Kamose against the Hyksos, also called Kamose's war against Apepi, was a Theban offensive of about 1555–1550 BC that destroyed Hyksos strongholds in Middle Egypt.
Campaign of Mentuhotep II against Nubia
The campaign of Mentuhotep II against Nubia was an Egyptian military expedition into Lower Nubia under the Eleventh Dynasty pharaoh Mentuhotep II, reaching Buhen at the Second Cataract.
Campaign of Senusret I in Nubia
A military campaign by the Egyptian king Senusret I into Lower Nubia around 1953 BC, led by General Montuhotep and reaching the Second Cataract of the Nile.
Campaigns of Amenemhat II
The campaigns of Amenemhat II were Egyptian military and trading expeditions to the Levant, Nubia, Sinai, and Punt, recorded in an annal inscription from Memphis.
Campaigns of Mentuhotep II in Nubia
The campaigns of Mentuhotep II in Nubia were Egyptian expeditions into Lower Nubia, called Wawat, under Mentuhotep II, the Theban king who reunified Egypt after the First Intermediate Period.
Campaigns of Senusret I in Nubia
The campaigns of Senusret I in Nubia were early Twelfth Dynasty Egyptian expeditions into Lower Nubia, culminating in a year-18 campaign that reached the Second Cataract.
Campaigns of Senusret III in Nubia
The campaigns of Senusret III in Nubia were Egyptian expeditions of the later nineteenth century BC that fixed a fortified border at Semna, past the Second Cataract.
Co-regency of Amenemhat I and Senusret I
The co-regency of Amenemhat I and Senusret I was a ten-year joint rule of Egypt's Twelfth Dynasty, begun in Amenemhat's year 20 to secure the succession.
Faiyum reclamation
The Faiyum reclamation, also called Fayum reclamation, was a 12th Dynasty Egyptian project that drained and irrigated land around Lake Moeris in the Fayum depression during the first half of the 19th century BC.
Hyksos conquest of Egypt
The Hyksos conquest of Egypt, or Hyksos invasion, was the takeover of northern and Middle Egypt by the West Semitic Fifteenth Dynasty, ruling from Avaris around 1638–1530 BC.
Kushite raid on El Kab
The Kushite raid on El Kab was an invasion of Upper Egypt by the kingdom of Kush during the Second Intermediate Period, recorded in the tomb inscription of governor Sobeknakht.
Levantine campaigns of Senusret III
The Levantine campaigns of Senusret III were Middle Kingdom Egyptian expeditions into Canaan and Syria-Palestine, recorded on the stele of the officer Sebek-khu, which describes the fall of Sekmem and Retjenu.
Nubian campaigns of Senusret I
The Nubian campaigns of Senusret I were Egyptian expeditions into Lower Nubia, conquering it as far as the Second Cataract by the king's year 18.
Sekmem campaign
The Sekmem campaign was a military expedition led by Egyptian king Senusret III against the Levantine town of Sekmem, usually identified with Shechem, around the 1830s BC.
Theban war of reunification
The Theban war of reunification was the series of campaigns by which Mentuhotep II of Thebes defeated the Herakleopolitan kingdom and reunited Egypt after the First Intermediate Period.