Assyrian conquest of Egypt

Assyrian conquest of Egypt
	Part of the Conquests of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
	; Map of the Neo-Assyrian Empire 824-671 BCE
Date	673–663 BCE
Location	Egypt
Result	Assyrian military conquest of Egypt over a period of about 10 years. Later, continued influence under the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt
Belligerents
Neo-Assyrian Empire	Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt

The Assyrian conquest of Egypt covered a relatively short period of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 673 to 663 BCE. The conquest of Egypt not only placed a land of great cultural prestige under Assyrian rule but also brought the Neo-Assyrian Empire to its greatest extent.

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