This article is about conflicts involving Egypt that occurred inside of it. For conflicts involving this country; but, did not occur inside of it, see
List of wars involving Egypt.
c. 1550 BCE Pharaoh Ahmosis I launches an invasion on the Hyksos in Upper and Lower Egypt, driving them out and chasing them into the Levant until his armies obliterated them. Starting a new era in Ancient Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom under the rule of the 18th dynasty.
333 BCE
Pelusium opened its gates to
Alexander the Great, who placed a garrison in it under the command of one of those officers entitled Companions of the King
333 BCE
Pelusium opened its gates to
Alexander the Great, who placed a garrison in it under the command of one of those officers entitled Companions of the King
55 BCE Again belonging to Egypt,
Mark Antony, as cavalry general to the
Roman proconsul
Gabinius, defeated the Egyptian army, and made himself master of the city.
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^Walter Bryan Emery: Great tombs of the First Dynasty (Excavations at Saqqara, vol. 3). Gouvernment Press, London 1958, p. 28–31.
^Peter Kaplony: „Er ist ein Liebling der Frauen“ – Ein „neuer“ König und eine neue Theorie zu den Kronprinzen sowie zu den Staatsgöttinnen (Kronengöttinnen) der 1./2. Dynastie. In: Ägypten und Levante. vol. 13, 2006, ISSN 1015-5104, S. 107–126.