2278 BCE – 2184 BCE · Egypt vs Nubian peoples
Old Kingdom Egyptian pharaoh conducted extensive military campaigns against Nubian populations (2278-2184 BCE).
Pepi II, Egypt's longest-reigning pharaoh (possibly 64 years), dispatched military expeditions into Nubia to secure gold, ivory, and incense trade routes. Nubian populations resisted Egyptian control intermittently. Egyptian military campaigns established trading posts and security fortifications in Nubian territories. The campaigns demonstrated Egyptian Old Kingdom military capability.
Nubian conquest established Egyptian dominance of North African trade networks. The campaigns presaged millennia of Egyptian-Nubian interaction.
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