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This category includes historical battles in which Ancient Egypt, Ptolemaic Egypt, or Roman Egypt (3500 BC–6th century) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information. Subcategories
Ancient Egyptian War Wheels. Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of eastern North Africa, concentrated along the northern reaches of the Nile River in Egypt.The civilization coalesced around 3150 BC [1] with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh, and it developed over the next three millennia. [2]
The ancient Egyptian account gives the date of the battle as the 21st day of the first month of the third season, of Year 23 of the reign of Thutmose III. It has been claimed that this was April 16, 1457 BC, according to the Middle Chronology , [ citation needed ] although other publications place the battle in 1482 BC or 1479 BC.
The Egyptians met the full might of the Babylonian and Median army led by Nebuchadnezzar II at Carchemish, where the combined Egyptian and Assyrian forces were destroyed. Assyria ceased to exist as an independent power, and Egypt retreated and was no longer a significant force in the Ancient Near East. Babylonia reached its economic peak after ...
This is a list of wars involving the Arab Republic of Egypt and its predecessor states. Egyptian victory Egyptian defeat Another result * *e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Egypt, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result
The battle is generally dated to May 1274 BC, as accounted by Egyptian chronology, [14] and is the earliest pitched battle in recorded history for which details of tactics and formations are known. It is believed to be the largest battle ever fought involving chariots , numbering at a total of 5,000 to 6,000.
The Battle of Pelusium was the first major battle between the Achaemenid Empire and Egypt. This decisive battle transferred the throne of the Pharaohs to Cambyses II of Persia , marking the beginning of the Achaemenid Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt .
New Kingdom of Egypt. 1550/1549–1531 BC Conquest of Hyksos-ruled Lower Egypt by Ahmose I of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt; c.1537 BCE Ahmose I's campaigns to Syria and Nubia. 16 April 1457 BCE Battle of Megiddo – a battle between Ancient Egyptian forces under the pharaoh Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition.