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Asiatic campaign of Pepi I
The Asiatic campaigns of Pepi I were Egyptian punitive expeditions against the Asiatic Sand-dwellers, commanded by the official Weni under Pepi I of the 6th Dynasty.
Byblos expedition of Sneferu
The Byblos expedition of Sneferu was a seaborne trading venture sent by Sneferu, first king of Egypt's 4th Dynasty, to Byblos, returning 40 ships filled with cedar wood.
Campaign of Weni against the Sand-Dwellers
The Campaign of Weni against the Sand-Dwellers was a series of five Egyptian military expeditions under King Pepi I, led by the official Weni the Elder.
Campaigns of Mentuhotep II against the Herakleopolitans
The campaigns of Mentuhotep II against the Herakleopolitans were the civil war in which the Theban king defeated the Tenth Dynasty and reunified Egypt around 2040 BC.
Completion of the Red Pyramid
The completion of the Red Pyramid marks the finish, late in the reign of King Sneferu, of the first smooth-sided true pyramid, built at Dahshur near Cairo around 2589 BC.
Conquest of Herakleopolis by Mentuhotep II
The conquest of Herakleopolis by Mentuhotep II, around 2055 BC, was the final Theban campaign against the Herakleopolitan dynasty of northern Egypt, ending it and reunifying the country to open the Middle Kingdom.
Conquests of Ankhtifi
The Conquests of Ankhtifi were the campaigns of Ankhtifi, a nomarch of Hierakonpolis during Egypt's First Intermediate Period, recorded in his tomb inscription at Mo'alla.
Djedkare Isesi reform of the vizierate
The Djedkare Isesi reform of the vizierate was a set of changes to Egypt's highest state offices made in the second half of Djedkare Isesi's reign, around 2400 BC.
Expedition of Henu to Punt
The Expedition of Henu to Punt was a Red Sea trading voyage sent by Mentuhotep III around 2000 BC and commanded by his steward Henenu, recorded in a Wadi Hammamat inscription.
Expedition of Herkhuf to Irtjet
The expedition of Herkhuf to Irtjet records the Aswan official Herkhuf's journeys through Lower Nubian Irtjet under Merenre I and Pepi II, known from his tomb inscriptions.
Expedition of Weni to the quarries
The Expedition of Weni to the quarries was a series of stone-quarrying missions led by the official Weni under Egyptian kings Pepi I and Merenre.
Expeditions of the Aswan governors to Nubia
Trading and military ventures south of Elephantine led by governors Harkhuf, Sabni, and Pepinakht-Heqaib in Dynasty 6, seeking luxury goods for the pharaoh and the road to Yam.
Fall of Thinis
The Fall of Thinis was the capture of Thinis, chief town of the eighth Upper Egyptian nome, by the Theban Eleventh Dynasty under Wahankh Intef II, about 2100 BC.
Harkhuf's expeditions to Yam
Harkhuf's expeditions to Yam were four trading journeys into Nubia led in the 23rd century BC by the Egyptian official Harkhuf under kings Merenre and Pepi II.
Herakleopolitan–Theban war
The Herakleopolitan–Theban war, also called the War between Herakleopolis and Thebes, was a roughly century-long civil conflict of Egypt's First Intermediate Period, ending in Theban victory under Mentuhotep II.
Meidum pyramid collapse
The Meidum pyramid collapse was the loss of the outer casing and fill of the pyramid at Meidum, Egypt, begun under Huni and completed by Snefru around 2600 BC.
Merenre's visit to the First Cataract
Merenre's visit to the First Cataract was a journey by Sixth Dynasty pharaoh Merenre to Aswan and Elephantine, where Nubian chiefs submitted to him, recorded in rock inscriptions.
Nubian campaign of Merenre
The Nubian campaign of Merenre was the Sixth Dynasty king Merenre's personal visit to Nubia's First Cataract around 2300 BC, recorded in three rock inscriptions near Aswan.
Nubian campaign of Sneferu
The Nubian campaign of Sneferu was an Egyptian raid into Nubia by the Fourth Dynasty's founding king, recorded on the Palermo Stone with 7,000 captives and 200,000 livestock.
Nubian campaigns of Mentuhotep II
The Nubian campaigns of Mentuhotep II were military expeditions by the 11th Dynasty king against Wawat, reaching Buhen and recorded at Korosko in his year 29.
Nubian campaigns of Pepi I
The Nubian campaigns of Pepi I were Egyptian military expeditions into Lower Nubia under Pepi I, third king of the 6th Dynasty, around 2345–2181 BCE.
Punt expedition of Sahure
The Punt expedition of Sahure, or Expedition of Sahure to Punt, was a trading voyage sent around 2450 BC by the Egyptian king Sahure to the land of Punt.
Punt trade mission of Pepi II
The Punt trade mission of Pepi II was Old Kingdom Egypt's trade with Punt under Pepi II (ca. 2278–2184 BCE), known only from two inscriptions.
Recovery expedition of Sabni
The recovery expedition of Sabni was an Old Kingdom Egyptian venture into Nubia under Pepi II, recovering the body of Sabni's father Mekhu, governor of Aswan.
Sinai mining expeditions of the Old Kingdom
The Sinai mining expeditions of the Old Kingdom, also called the Wadi Maghara expeditions, were state expeditions extracting turquoise and copper in southwest Sinai from Dynasty 3 through Dynasty 5.
Sneferu's Nubian campaign
Sneferu's Nubian campaign was an Egyptian invasion of Lower Nubia in Sneferu's twelfth regnal year, recorded on the Palermo Stone as bringing 7,000 captives and 200,000 livestock.
Wars of Intef the Great
The Wars of Intef the Great were the campaigns of the Theban king Intef II against the Herakleopolitan kingdom, winning Thebes all of southern Egypt.
Weni's appointment as Governor of Upper Egypt
Weni's appointment as Governor of Upper Egypt was the Sixth Dynasty king Merenre's promotion of the official Weni, the first commoner known to hold the post.
Weni's Nubian campaign
Weni's Nubian campaign was a series of missions by the Egyptian official Weni to Nubia under King Merenre in the late Sixth Dynasty, around the 23rd century BC.