Campaigns in Lower Nubia
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The Campaigns in Lower Nubia were a series of military expeditions led by the Kushite kingdom against Roman-controlled territories along the Nile in the late 1st century BCE.
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Target entity: Campaigns in Lower Nubia Context triple: [Queen Amanirenas, militaryConflict, Campaigns in Lower Nubia]
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International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia
The International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia was a UNESCO-led global effort in the 1960s to document, dismantle, and relocate ancient Nubian temples and archaeological sites threatened by flooding from the Aswan High Dam.
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Travels in Nubia
Travels in Nubia is an early 19th-century travel narrative by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, documenting his observations and journeys through the Nubian region along the Nile.
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Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern Egypt comprising a series of ancient temples and archaeological sites, including the famous rock-cut temples of Abu Simbel and the Temple of Philae, relocated to save them from flooding by the Aswan High Dam.
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Two Lands of Egypt
The Two Lands of Egypt refers to the ancient political and symbolic union of Upper and Lower Egypt, often represented in royal titles and iconography as a single, unified kingdom.
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Hierakonpolis Expedition
The Hierakonpolis Expedition is an ongoing archaeological project dedicated to excavating and studying the ancient Egyptian city of Hierakonpolis, a key center of Predynastic and early dynastic Egypt.
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Target entity: Campaigns in Lower Nubia Target entity description: The Campaigns in Lower Nubia were a series of military expeditions led by the Kushite kingdom against Roman-controlled territories along the Nile in the late 1st century BCE.
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A.
International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia
The International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia was a UNESCO-led global effort in the 1960s to document, dismantle, and relocate ancient Nubian temples and archaeological sites threatened by flooding from the Aswan High Dam.
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B.
Travels in Nubia
Travels in Nubia is an early 19th-century travel narrative by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, documenting his observations and journeys through the Nubian region along the Nile.
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C.
Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern Egypt comprising a series of ancient temples and archaeological sites, including the famous rock-cut temples of Abu Simbel and the Temple of Philae, relocated to save them from flooding by the Aswan High Dam.
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D.
Two Lands of Egypt
The Two Lands of Egypt refers to the ancient political and symbolic union of Upper and Lower Egypt, often represented in royal titles and iconography as a single, unified kingdom.
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E.
Hierakonpolis Expedition
The Hierakonpolis Expedition is an ongoing archaeological project dedicated to excavating and studying the ancient Egyptian city of Hierakonpolis, a key center of Predynastic and early dynastic Egypt.
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Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military campaign
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war ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Kingdom of Kush
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Roman Empire ⓘ |
| chronologicalContext | after Roman annexation of Egypt ⓘ |
| conflictSide |
Kushite offensive operations
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Roman defensive operations ⓘ |
| conflictType | border conflict ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Roman control of Nubian territories ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Kushite raids into Roman-controlled Nubia
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Roman counter-expeditions along the Nile ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Nubia ⓘ |
| involvedTerritory |
Kushite frontier regions
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Roman-controlled Lower Nubia ⓘ |
| location |
Lower Nubia
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Nile Valley ⓘ |
| mainTheater | Nile frontier between Kush and Roman Egypt ⓘ |
| motivatedBy |
control of trade routes along the Nile
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regional hegemony in Nubia ⓘ |
| opponent |
Roman Egypt
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linked to:
Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt
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| opposedBy | Roman provincial authorities in Egypt ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kushite military activity against Rome
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Kushite–Roman conflicts ⓘ
linked to:
War with the Roman Empire in Nubia
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| relatedTo |
Kingdom of Kush
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Nubian–Roman relations ⓘ Roman Egypt ⓘ
linked to:
Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt
|
| result |
continued frontier tension between Kush and Rome
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no decisive permanent conquest by either side in Lower Nubia ⓘ |
| startTime | late 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Hellenistic–Roman period in Northeast Africa
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linked to:
Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt
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