Assyrian conquest of Egypt

A series of Neo-Assyrian campaigns in the seventh century BCE that drove Kushite rulers from Egypt and brought parts of the country under Assyrian control.

Esarhaddon's conquest of Egypt: The 671 BCE Assyrian invasion that captured Memphis and forced Kushite king Taharqa to withdraw. It began Assyria’s direct military intervention in Egypt.
Neo-Assyrian Empire: An ancient Near Eastern empire centered on Assyria that dominated much of the region from the tenth to seventh centuries BCE. Its imperial expansion brought Assyrian armies to Egypt.
Assyrian Empire: A succession of Mesopotamian states ruled by Assyrian kings, reaching its greatest territorial extent in the seventh century BCE. The Egyptian campaigns tested the empire’s ability to govern distant conquered lands.
Memphis: An ancient Egyptian city near the Nile Delta that served as a major political and religious center. Esarhaddon’s capture of Memphis was a decisive early victory in the conquest.
Ashurbanipal's campaigns in Egypt: Assyrian campaigns in the 660s BCE that defeated renewed Kushite control and restored Assyrian-backed rulers. They extended the conquest after Taharqa returned to Egypt.
Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt: A dynasty of Kushite rulers who governed Egypt from the eighth to seventh centuries BCE. Its control of Egypt placed Kushite kings in conflict with Assyria.
Saite Dynasty: Egypt’s Twenty-sixth Dynasty, founded by Psamtik I and centered at Sais. Its rulers emerged from the political order shaped by Assyrian involvement.
The Rassam Cylinder: A clay cylinder inscribed with the annals of the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal. Its account records Ashurbanipal’s campaigns against Egypt and Kush.
Taharqa: A Kushite king of Egypt who ruled from the late eighth or early seventh century BCE and resisted Assyrian expansion. His resistance drove the successive Assyrian invasions.
Kush: An ancient kingdom south of Egypt, centered in Nubia, whose rulers conquered and governed Egypt in the eighth century BCE. Kush was the power base of the rulers Assyria sought to expel.

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