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.
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 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3718846 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Assyrian conquest of Egypt Context triple: [Neo-Assyrian expansion, hasKeyEvent, Assyrian conquest of Egypt]
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Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel
The Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel was an 8th-century BCE military campaign in which the Neo-Assyrian Empire destroyed the northern Israelite kingdom, deported much of its population, and set in motion one of the earliest major dispersions of the Jewish people.
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Conquest of Egypt
The Conquest of Egypt was the Persian king Cambyses II’s successful military campaign in 525 BCE that brought Egypt under Achaemenid rule and ended the independence of the ancient Egyptian kingdom.
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Fall of the Assyrian Empire
The Fall of the Assyrian Empire was the late 7th-century BCE collapse of Assyria’s powerful Near Eastern empire, marked by the destruction of its major cities and the rise of Babylonian and Median dominance.
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D.
Conquest of Mesopotamia
The Conquest of Mesopotamia was a major Roman military campaign under the Severan dynasty that extended imperial control deep into the Near East at the expense of the Parthian Empire.
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Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia
The Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia was the mid-6th century BCE campaign in which Cyrus the Great’s Persian Empire overthrew the Neo-Babylonian Empire and incorporated Mesopotamia into one of history’s first great imperial states.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Assyrian conquest of Egypt Target entity description: 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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A.
Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel
The Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel was an 8th-century BCE military campaign in which the Neo-Assyrian Empire destroyed the northern Israelite kingdom, deported much of its population, and set in motion one of the earliest major dispersions of the Jewish people.
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B.
Conquest of Egypt
The Conquest of Egypt was the Persian king Cambyses II’s successful military campaign in 525 BCE that brought Egypt under Achaemenid rule and ended the independence of the ancient Egyptian kingdom.
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C.
Fall of the Assyrian Empire
The Fall of the Assyrian Empire was the late 7th-century BCE collapse of Assyria’s powerful Near Eastern empire, marked by the destruction of its major cities and the rise of Babylonian and Median dominance.
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D.
Conquest of Mesopotamia
The Conquest of Mesopotamia was a major Roman military campaign under the Severan dynasty that extended imperial control deep into the Near East at the expense of the Parthian Empire.
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E.
Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia
The Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia was the mid-6th century BCE campaign in which Cyrus the Great’s Persian Empire overthrew the Neo-Babylonian Empire and incorporated Mesopotamia into one of history’s first great imperial states.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
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surface form:
25th Dynasty of Egypt
Kingdom of Kush ⓘ Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ |
| endTime | c. 663 BCE ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Assyrian domination of Egypt
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rise of the 26th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Assyrian campaign against Thebes (663 BCE)
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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
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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
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Esarhaddon ⓘ Necho I ⓘ Psamtik I ⓘ Taharqa ⓘ Tantamani ⓘ |
| significantPlace |
Nile Delta
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surface form:
Delta region of Egypt
Memphis ⓘ Nile Delta ⓘ Thebes ⓘ |
| startTime | c. 674 BCE ⓘ |
| temporalContext | late 7th century BCE ⓘ |
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Subject: Assyrian conquest of Egypt Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (5)
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