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

  1. Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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18.00°N · 33.50°E · 1872 BCE – 1854 BCEWARS-ATLAS / CONFLICT / SENUSRET3-NUBIAN-CAMPAIGN

Cite as: Senusret III's Nubian Campaigns (1872 BCE – 1854 BCE). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/senusret3-nubian-campaign · Sources & methodology