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Circa 1560 BC War begins between Thebes and the Asiatic rulers of the Nile Delta.
Nile Delta
Circa 1532-1528 BC Conquest of the capital of the Hyksos (Asiatic) kings at Avaris, in the eastern Delta, by Theban king Ahmose. Later reunification of Egypt marks start of New Kingdom.
Circa 1504-1492 BC Thutmose I begins violent military campaigns that eventually annex Nubia into Egypt.
Nubia, Temple of Edfu


Secrets of the Pharaohs Second Intermediate