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Building of the Buhen fortress
The building of the Buhen fortress was the 12th Dynasty construction of a large Egyptian fortress on the Nile in Lower Nubia, begun under Senusret I.
Egyptian campaigns in Nubia under Sneferu
Military raids by the Fourth Dynasty Egyptian king Sneferu against Nubia, known from the Palermo Stone annals, which record 60 boats, 7,000 captives, and 200,000 livestock taken around 2600 BC.
Egyptian withdrawal from Nubia
The Egyptian withdrawal from Nubia was the end of pharaonic rule and viceregal administration of Kush around 1070 BCE, when Viceroy Panehesy severed Nubia from Egyptian control.
End of the A-Group
The end of the A-Group is the disappearance, or transformation, of Lower Nubia's earliest named archaeological culture around 2900-2800 BC, coinciding with halted Egyptian exchange and First Dynasty expansion.
Fall of Kerma
The fall of Kerma was the end of the independent Nubian kingdom of Kerma at the Third Cataract of the Nile, conquered by New Kingdom Egypt under Thutmose I and Thutmose III.
Kushite rebellions against Thutmose III
Kushite rebellions against Thutmose III were revolts in Nubia during the Egyptian king's reign, about 1479–1425 BC, framed by his conquest of the kingdom of Kerma.
Mentuhotep II's Nubian campaigns
Mentuhotep II's Nubian campaigns were the military actions of the Eleventh Dynasty king Mentuhotep II against Lower Nubia, called Wawat, after reunifying Egypt, reaching Buhen.
Merymose's campaign against Ibhet
Merymose's campaign against Ibhet was a military action in Lower Nubia in which Viceroy of Kush Merymose suppressed a rebellion during the reign of Amenhotep III.
Nubian campaign of Kamose
The Nubian campaign of Kamose was a military expedition led southward by the Theban king Kamose against the kingdom of Kush, expelling Kerma occupiers from Lower Nubia around 1550 BC.
Nubian campaign of Thutmose I
The Nubian campaign of Thutmose I was an Egyptian military expedition early in his reign (ca. 1504–1492 BC) against Kush, sacking Kerma and reaching Kurgus.
Nubian campaigns of Ahmose I
The Nubian campaigns of Ahmose I were the early New Kingdom operations by which Ahmose I, first king of Egypt's 18th Dynasty, re-established Egyptian control over Lower Nubia.
Reconquest of Nubia by Mentuhotep II
The reconquest of Nubia by Mentuhotep II (r. c. 2055–2004 BC) was a series of campaigns re-establishing Egyptian control over Lower Nubia, reaching as far south as Buhen.
Thutmose I's Nubian campaign
Thutmose I's Nubian campaign was an Egyptian expedition of the early Eighteenth Dynasty, around 1504 BC, that sacked the Kushite capital Kerma and pushed south to Kurgus, farther than any Egyptian army before.
Thutmose II's Nubian campaign
Thutmose II's Nubian campaign was the suppression of a Kushite revolt in Year 1 of Thutmose II, about January 1482 BC, crushed by an army sent without the king.