Siege of Avaris

Target entity: Siege of Avaris
Context triple: [Ahmose I, militaryCampaign, Siege of Avaris]

• A. Battle of Pelusium
  The Battle of Pelusium was a pivotal 525 BC conflict in which the Persian Achaemenid Empire under Cambyses II decisively defeated the Egyptians, leading to the Persian conquest and incorporation of Egypt into their empire.
• B. Theban wars
  The Theban wars are a cycle of ancient Greek legendary conflicts centered on the city of Thebes, most famously including the stories of Oedipus’s sons and the battles of the Seven Against Thebes and the Epigoni.
• C. Battle of the Pyramids
  The Battle of the Pyramids was a decisive 1798 victory in which Napoleon Bonaparte’s French army defeated the Mamluk forces near Cairo, securing French control over much of Egypt.
• D. Siege of Susa
  The Siege of Susa was a key engagement during Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, in which his forces captured the wealthy ceremonial capital of Susa.
• E. Siege of Nineveh
  The Siege of Nineveh (612 BC) was the decisive Babylonian and Median assault that destroyed the Assyrian capital of Nineveh and led to the collapse of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Siege of Avaris
Target entity description: The Siege of Avaris was the decisive military operation in which Ahmose I captured the Hyksos capital in the Nile Delta, effectively ending Hyksos rule in Egypt and inaugurating the New Kingdom.

• A. Battle of Pelusium
  The Battle of Pelusium was a pivotal 525 BC conflict in which the Persian Achaemenid Empire under Cambyses II decisively defeated the Egyptians, leading to the Persian conquest and incorporation of Egypt into their empire.
• B. Theban wars
  The Theban wars are a cycle of ancient Greek legendary conflicts centered on the city of Thebes, most famously including the stories of Oedipus’s sons and the battles of the Seven Against Thebes and the Epigoni.
• C. Battle of the Pyramids
  The Battle of the Pyramids was a decisive 1798 victory in which Napoleon Bonaparte’s French army defeated the Mamluk forces near Cairo, securing French control over much of Egypt.
• D. Siege of Susa
  The Siege of Susa was a key engagement during Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, in which his forces captured the wealthy ceremonial capital of Susa.
• E. Siege of Nineveh
  The Siege of Nineveh (612 BC) was the decisive Babylonian and Median assault that destroyed the Assyrian capital of Nineveh and led to the collapse of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
• F. None of above. chosen