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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.

Campaign of Shalmaneser III against Hazael

The campaign of Shalmaneser III against Hazael was an Assyrian attack on Aram-Damascus in 841 BC; Hazael was defeated but Damascus held, and Jehu of Israel paid tribute.

Campaign of Shalmaneser III against Que

Shalmaneser III's campaign against Que was an Assyrian invasion of 839 BC, crossing the Amanus range to capture cities of Katê on the Cilician plain.

Campaign of Shar-Kali-Sharri against the Elamites

The campaign of Shar-Kali-Sharri against the Elamites was a battle in which the Akkadian king Shar-Kali-Sharri defeated an invading force of Elam and Zahara at Akshak, in the Diyala region, during his reign of 2217–2193 BC.

Campaign of Siamun to Philistia

A disputed Egyptian military campaign to Philistia or Gezer attributed to Siamun, a 21st Dynasty pharaoh of Tanis, usually dated within 990–950 BC and argued over because of 1 Kings 9:16.

Campaign of Tefnakht against the Delta and Middle Egypt

Tefnakht's campaign against the Delta and Middle Egypt was the late eighth-century BC expansion of Tefnakht of Sais, which besieged Herakleopolis and provoked Piye's Nubian invasion.

Campaign of Tiglath-Pileser III to Hatti (738 BC)

The campaign of Tiglath-Pileser III to Hatti in 738 BC was an Assyrian operation against the Syro-Hittite and Aramean states, defeating Hamat and annexing Unqi.

Campaign of Tiglath-pileser III to Unqi

The campaign of Tiglath-pileser III to Unqi, also called the Pattina campaign, was a 738 BC Assyrian conquest that ended the Neo-Hittite kingdom of Unqi in north Syria.

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.

Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries

The Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries (镇压反革命运动) was a nationwide political campaign launched by the Chinese Communist Party in October 1950, ending in 1953 with 712,000 executed.

Campaigns against the Huai Yi and Dong Yi

The campaigns against the Huai Yi and Dong Yi were Western Zhou military campaigns, chiefly the Duke of Zhou's three-year eastern campaign under King Cheng.

Campaigns of Abu Karib As'ad

The campaigns of Abu Karib As'ad (أسعد أبو كرب) were the military expeditions of a Himyarite king of Yemen, most famously a march on Yathrib (Medina).

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 al-Mansur

The Campaigns of al-Mansur (حملات المنصور) were about fifty military expeditions led by al-Mansur, hajib of Cordoba, against Leon, Castile, Navarre, and Catalonia from 977 to 1002.

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 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 Ashur-bel-kala against the Arameans

The campaigns of Ashur-bel-kala against the Arameans were Assyrian military operations under King Ashur-bel-kala (reigned 1073–1056 BC) against Aramean groups in the Khabur and upper Euphrates region.

Campaigns of Harsiotef

The Campaigns of Harsiotef are nine military operations of a 4th-century BC king of Kush, recorded on his Victory Stela inscribed at Gebel Barkal and now kept in Cairo.

Campaigns of Ishpuini against the Mannaeans

The campaigns of Ishpuini against the Mannaeans were Urartian expeditions led by king Ishpuini and his son Menua into the Lake Urmia region in the late 9th century BC.

Campaigns of Karib'il Watar

The campaigns of Karib'il Watar, mukarrib of Saba' (c. 685–650 BC), were eight military campaigns recorded in his Sirwah victory inscription RES 3945, reaching from Awsan to Najran.

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.

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 Rimush against Magan and Elam

The campaigns of Rimush against Magan and Elam were the eastern military expeditions of Rimush, second king of the Akkadian Empire, who reigned from 2278 to 2270 BC.

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.

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 Shalmaneser I against Hanigalbat

The campaigns of Shalmaneser I against Hanigalbat were the Assyrian king's wars that ended Hanigalbat's independence, annexing it to Assyria in the 13th century BC.

Campaigns of Shalmaneser III against Urartu

A series of Assyrian military expeditions by Shalmaneser III against the early kingdom of Urartu and its kings Aramu and Sarduri I, from 859 to 824 BC.

Campaigns of Shalmaneser III in Syria

The campaigns of Shalmaneser III in Syria were repeated Assyrian expeditions into the Levant, including four battles of Qarqar against coalitions led by Damascus and Hamath.

Campaigns of Shamshi-Adad I against the Turukku

The campaigns of Shamshi-Adad I against the Turukku were wars between Shamshi-Adad I and the Turukkean kingdoms of the Zagros foothills, ending in a marriage-alliance peace.