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Abandonment of Amarna
The abandonment of Amarna, also known as the abandonment of Akhetaten, was the desertion of Akhenaten's capital, built around 1347 BCE and largely emptied within about 12 years.
Ahmose I's campaign against Kerma
Ahmose I's campaign against Kerma was a series of Egyptian military operations into Nubia in the early Eighteenth Dynasty, around 1550 to 1525 BC, targeting the Kingdom of Kush.
Amarna Period
The Amarna Period, or Amarna Era, was a mid-14th-century BC phase of Eighteenth-Dynasty Egypt dominated by Akhenaten's worship of the Aten and his new capital at Amarna.
Asiatic campaigns of Thutmose III
The Asiatic campaigns of Thutmose III were at least seventeen Egyptian expeditions into Syria and Palestine over twenty years, beginning with the victory at Megiddo and reaching the Euphrates.
Battle of Djahy
The Battle of Djahy was a land battle in which the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses III defeated the Sea Peoples in his eighth regnal year, around 1176 BC.
Battle of the Delta
The Battle of the Delta, or Battle of the Nile Delta, was a naval battle in which Ramesses III defeated the Sea Peoples around 1176 BC.
Beautiful Festival of the Valley
The Beautiful Festival of the Valley, or Beautiful Feast of the Valley, was an annual Theban festival in which Amun's statue crossed the Nile to visit mortuary temples.
Campaigns of Ahmose I in Nubia
The campaigns of Ahmose I in Nubia were military operations of Egypt's first 18th Dynasty king, c. 1539-1514 BC, that restored Egyptian rule over Lower Nubia.
Campaigns of Amenhotep II in Syria-Palestine
The campaigns of Amenhotep II in Syria-Palestine were Egyptian expeditions in regnal Years 7 and 9, suppressing rebellion in Syria and Palestine through conquest and mass deportation.
Campaigns of Seti I in Canaan and Syria
Seti I of Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty campaigned in Canaan and Syria early in his reign, from about 1290 BCE, fighting the Shasu and capturing Kadesh.
Campaigns of Thutmose I in Nubia and Syria
The campaigns of Thutmose I in Nubia and Syria were Egyptian expeditions of the Eighteenth Dynasty king (ca. 1504–1492 BC), reaching Kurgus in Nubia and the Euphrates.
Campaigns of Thutmose III in the Levant
Roughly seventeen campaigns led by Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose III into Canaan and Syria, beginning with the siege of Megiddo around 1457 BC and culminating in a crossing of the Euphrates against Mitanni.
Deir el-Medina strikes
The Deir el-Medina strikes were work stoppages by the royal tomb builders of Deir el-Medina in Thebes in the 1150s BC, over unpaid grain rations, the first documented strike in history.
Durbar of Year 12
The Durbar of Year 12, or Year 12 durbar of Akhenaten, was a ceremonial reception of foreign tribute held at Akhenaten's capital Akhetaten around 1340 BC.
Egyptian–Mitanni peace treaty
The Egyptian–Mitanni peace treaty was the settlement of around 1400 BC by which Thutmose IV of Egypt and Artatama I of Mitanni ended hostilities over Syria.
Euphrates campaign of Thutmose I
The Euphrates campaign of Thutmose I was a New Kingdom military expedition sent about 1504 BC into northern Syria as far as the Euphrates river.
Euphrates campaign of Thutmose III
The Euphrates campaign of Thutmose III was the pharaoh's eighth campaign, around 1447 BC against Mitanni in northern Syria, crossing the Euphrates with cedar boats hauled 250 miles overland.
Expedition to Punt of Hatshepsut
The expedition to Punt of Hatshepsut was a naval trading voyage sent by pharaoh Hatshepsut to the land of Punt by Year 9 of her reign, chiefly to bring back live myrrh trees.
Expulsion of the Hyksos
The Expulsion of the Hyksos, also called the Wars of Ahmose I against the Hyksos, was Ahmose I's defeat of the Hyksos around 1550 BCE, reunifying Egypt.
Fall of Avaris
The Fall of Avaris, also known as the Siege of Avaris, was the capture of the Hyksos capital in the Nile Delta by pharaoh Ahmose I around 1530 BCE.
First Asiatic campaign of Amenhotep II
The first Asiatic campaign of Amenhotep II was an Egyptian expedition into Syria-Palestine, directed mainly against Takhsy near Kadesh, recorded on the Memphis stele in his Year 3.
First Libyan campaign of Seti I
The First Libyan campaign of Seti I was a Year 3 battle by Egyptian pharaoh Seti I against Libyan Tehenu groups on Egypt's western frontier, known from Karnak reliefs.
First Libyan War of Ramesses III
The First Libyan War of Ramesses III was a defensive campaign in Year 5 of his reign, against Libyan tribes trying to settle in the western Nile Delta.
Foundation of Akhetaten
The foundation of Akhetaten was the creation, in year 5 of Akhenaten's reign around 1347 BCE, of a purpose-built royal capital in Middle Egypt, the modern Amarna.
Harem conspiracy against Ramesses III
The harem conspiracy was a plot by queen Tiye to kill Ramesses III and enthrone her son Pentaweret; the king died, but the rightful heir succeeded.
Hittite attack on Amki
The Hittite attack on Amki, also Amqa or Amqu, was a raid by King Suppiluliuma I on the Egyptian borderland of Amqu in the mid-14th century BC.
Kushite revolt against Thutmose II
The Kushite revolt against Thutmose II was an uprising in Nubia in Year 1 of his reign, crushed by an army the king did not accompany.
Libyan wars of Ramesses III
The Libyan wars of Ramesses III were two campaigns, in about 1180 and 1174 BC, repelling Libyan tribes, chiefly the Libu and Meshwesh, pressing into the western Nile Delta.
Marriage of Ramesses II and Maathorneferure
The marriage of Ramesses II and Maathorneferure was a diplomatic marriage of 1245 BC between the pharaoh and a daughter of the Hittite king Hattusili III.
Merneptah's Libyan War
Merneptah's Libyan War, also known as the Battle of Perire, was a battle around 1208 BC in which Egyptian pharaoh Merneptah defeated invading Libyans in the western Delta.