Assyrian conquest of Egypt

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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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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 ⓘ

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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)