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    The sack of Thebes took place in 663 BC in the city of Thebes at the hands of the Neo-Assyrian Empire under king Ashurbanipal, then at war with the Kushite...
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    The Battle of Thebes took place between Alexander the Great and the Greek city-state of Thebes in 335 BC immediately outside of and in the city proper...
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  • Tantamani (category Pharaohs of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt)
    (120 mi) south of Thebes.: 265  The city of Thebes was conquered, "smashed (as if by) a floodstorm" and heavily plundered in the Sack of Thebes. The event is...
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    relics. Modern Thebes is the largest town of the regional unit of Boeotia. In 2011, as a consequence of the Kallikratis reform, Thebes was merged with...
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    of Egypt under Psamtik I c. 656 BC, itself a direct consequence of the Sack of Thebes by the Assyrians in 663 BC. Canal construction from the Nile to...
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    descriptions of Alexander's sack of Thebes in 335 and the battle of the Granicus in summer 334 BC. Book 2 The majority of this book is dominated by three...
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    including the destruction of Babylon by Sennacherib in 689 BC and the Sack of Thebes by Ashurbanipal in 663/4 BC. At the other extreme, a few American scholars...
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    against Thebes were seven champions in Greek mythology who made war on Thebes. They were chosen by Adrastus, the king of Argos, to be the captains of an Argive...
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    in 667 BCE, who afterwards fled to Thebes. Ashurbanipal marched the Assyrian army as far south as Thebes, and sacked numerous revolting cities: In my first...
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    city of Thebe was founded by the hero Heracles after his sack of Troy during the reign of King Laomedon and named after his birthplace, Thebes in Boeotia...
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    of Babylon by Sennacherib in 689 BC and the Sack of Thebes by Ashurbanipal in 663/4 BC. Ancient accounts of Homer Kahane, p. 1. Jensen, p. 10. This question...
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    Necho I (category Pharaohs of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt)
    proceeded to advance south into Upper Egypt and performed the infamous sack of Thebes. With the Nile Delta secured once again, Psamtik I was appointed with...
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    Taharqa (category Pharaohs of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt)
    northward to Thebes amongst the beautiful young people that His Majesty, the late King Shabataqo/Shebitku, had sent from Nubia. He was there (in Thebes) with...
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  • Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Roman battles Sherman Storytelling:...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sack of Rome (410). The Histories of Olympiodorus of Thebes New History of Zosimus Michael Kulikowski, Rome's Gothic...
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  • 664 BCE Sack of Thebes led by Ashurbanipal 530-522 BCE Campaigns of King Cambyses II of Persia 525 BCE Battle of Pelusium 522-520 BCE Rebellion of Petubastis...
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    Psamtik I (category Pharaohs of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt)
    Egypt again, and the Assyrian army retook Memphis, proceeded with the Sack of Thebes, and expelled Tantamani from Egypt. Necho I's son Psamtik I returned...
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    that of his successor Tantamani, were filled with constant conflict with the Assyrians. In 664 BC the Assyrians delivered a mortal blow, sacking Thebes and...
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  • Francis Zorzi (category Christians of the Crusades)
    Urtubia before his death, perhaps encouraging their sack of Thebes. He took part in the Council of Thebes on 1 October 1373. He died around 1388 and was succeeded...
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    the city of Elatea, only a few days' march from both Athens and Thebes. The Athenians, led by Demosthenes, voted to seek alliance with Thebes against Macedonia...
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    Atlanersa (category 7th-century BC monarchs of Kush)
    reconquest of Memphis, killing Necho I in the process, but was beaten during the ensuing campaign by Ashurbanipal, which finished with the sack of Thebes that...
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    Periodization of Ancient Egypt Population history of Egypt Sack of Thebes Siege of Dapur Egyptology – study of ancient Egyptian history, language, literature...
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  • Rohl is of the opinion that none of these three foundations of the conventional Egyptian chronology are secure, and that the sacking of Thebes by the Assyrian...
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  • Sabu also called Ibebi Sabu also called Kem Sabu also called Tjety Sack of Thebes Sadeh (queen) Saft el-Hinna Sah (god) Sahure Saï (island) Sail (hieroglyph)...
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    Naqiʾa (category Year of birth uncertain)
    dead by the time of Ashurbanipal's Sack of Thebes in 663. Jack Finegan on the other hand believed that Naqiʾa was alive by the time of the civil war between...
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    Kushite religion (category Kingdom of Kush)
    under the rule of Psamtik I. When his reign ended, Kushite influence over Egypt officially ended. During Assyrian rule, the sacking of Thebes resulted in...
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    Epaminondas, takes command of Thebes. Pelopidas is elected boeotarch, or chief magistrate, of the city. Timotheus, the son of the Athenian general Conon...
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  • Olympiodorus of Thebes (‹See Tfd›Greek: Ὀλυμπιόδωρος ὁ Θηβαῖος; born c. 380, fl. c. 412–425 AD) was a Roman historian, poet, philosopher and diplomat of the early...
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  • magistrates of the Boeotian federation), maintains Thebes' position, even when it leads to the exclusion of Thebes from the peace treaty. Thebes' actions...
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  • King of Thebes at The Tron Theatre, Glasgow. In 2010, he was nominated for the award of Best Male Performance for his role in a play adaption of the Testament...
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