Assyrian conquest of Egypt

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historical event military campaign war

The Assyrian conquest of Egypt was a series of late 7th-century BCE military campaigns in which the Neo-Assyrian Empire invaded, defeated, and temporarily dominated Egypt, toppling the Nubian-led 25th Dynasty.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Assyrian invasions of Egypt	2
Assyrian conquest of Egypt canonical	1
Assyrian invasion of Egypt (671 BCE)	1
Assyrian invasion of Egypt (674 BCE)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ military campaign ⓘ war ⓘ
cause	Assyrian desire to control trade routes between the Near East and Africa ⓘ Neo-Assyrian imperial expansion into the Levant and Egypt ⓘ
commander	Ashurbanipal ⓘ Esarhaddon ⓘ Taharqa ⓘ Tantamani ⓘ
conflictBetween	Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ surface form: 25th Dynasty of Egypt Kingdom of Kush ⓘ Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
endTime	c. 663 BCE ⓘ
followedBy	Assyrian domination of Egypt ⓘ rise of the 26th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
hasPart	Assyrian campaign against Thebes (663 BCE) ⓘ Assyrian conquest of Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Assyrian invasion of Egypt (671 BCE) Assyrian conquest of Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Assyrian invasion of Egypt (674 BCE) Sack of Thebes (663 BCE) ⓘ Siege of Memphis (671 BCE) ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ surface form: Neo-Assyrian period
historicalRegion	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egypt Ancient Near East ⓘ
locatedIn	Egypt ⓘ Lower Egypt ⓘ Nile Valley ⓘ Upper Egypt ⓘ
opponent	Taharqa ⓘ Tantamani ⓘ
partOf	Neo-Assyrian Empire expansion ⓘ
precededBy	Assyrian conflicts with Kushite Egypt ⓘ Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel ⓘ surface form: Assyrian conquest of the Levant
result	Assyrian victory ⓘ collapse of the 25th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ end of Nubian rule over Egypt ⓘ establishment of Assyrian control over Egypt ⓘ installation of local vassal rulers in Egypt ⓘ
significantPerson	Ashurbanipal ⓘ Esarhaddon ⓘ Necho I ⓘ Psamtik I ⓘ Taharqa ⓘ Tantamani ⓘ
significantPlace	Nile Delta ⓘ surface form: Delta region of Egypt Memphis ⓘ Nile Delta ⓘ Thebes ⓘ
startTime	c. 674 BCE ⓘ
temporalContext	late 7th century BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Neo-Assyrian expansion → hasKeyEvent → Assyrian conquest of Egypt ⓘ

Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt → notableEvent → Assyrian conquest of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assyrian invasions of Egypt

Taharqa → notableEvent → Assyrian conquest of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assyrian invasions of Egypt

Assyrian conquest of Egypt → hasPart → Assyrian conquest of Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assyrian invasion of Egypt (674 BCE)

Assyrian conquest of Egypt → hasPart → Assyrian conquest of Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assyrian invasion of Egypt (671 BCE)