Significant1428 BCE – 1400 BCE · 28 years

Amenhotep II's Nubian Campaigns

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Nubia · Sudan · Fourth Cataract

New Kingdom pharaoh conducted military campaigns expanding Egyptian control in Nubia.

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

What happened

Amenhotep II (1427-1400 BCE) dispatched military forces into Nubia to suppress rebellions and expand Egyptian authority. The campaigns crushed Nubian resistance and enslaved captured populations. Egyptian military organization maintained superiority.

Why it mattered

Nubian campaigns maintained Egypt's control and ensured tributary contributions to Egypt's economy.

Belligerents2

Egypt
Nubian peoples

ON THE MAPEgyptian New Kingdom

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Amenhotep II's Nubian Campaigns (1428 BCE – 1400 BCE). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/amenhotep2-nubian-campaigns · Sources & methodology