Major conflict1872 BCE – 1854 BCE · 18 years
Senusret III's Nubian Campaigns
Nubia · Sudan · Second Cataract
Middle Kingdom pharaoh conducted multiple military campaigns establishing Egyptian hegemony over northern Nubia.
Estimated casualties
Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.
What happened
Senusret III (1870-1831 BCE) dispatched at least four major military expeditions into Nubia. Egyptian forces conquered Nubian territories and established military forts to maintain control. Senusret's campaigns destroyed Nubian resistance and secured gold, granite, and incense trade routes. Nubian populations fled southward, establishing new settlements beyond Egyptian reach.
Why it mattered
Senusret's Nubian conquest established Egypt's Middle Kingdom hegemony in northeastern Africa. Egyptian fortifications maintained control for centuries.
Belligerents2
- Egypt
- Nubian kingdoms
ON THE MAPEgyptian Middle Kingdom
Sources
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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Cite as: Senusret III's Nubian Campaigns (1872 BCE – 1854 BCE). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/senusret3-nubian-campaign · Sources & methodology