Polity Kingdom of Nédjeh

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Was a small polity that became independent from Ancient Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt.

Establishment

  • January 1569 BC: Nedjeh founded a Nubian kingdom between Elephantine and the second cataract of the Nile, whose capital was Buhen.

Chronology

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1. Second Intermediate Period

Was a period when ancient Egypt was broken into smaller dynasties for a second time, between the end of the Middle Kingdom and the start of the New Kingdom.

1.1. Secession of Nubia

Was the secession of territories in Nubia during the Second Intermediate Period of Ancient Egypt.

1.1.1. Secession of Nédjeh

Nédjeh seceded from the Kingdom of Egypt and created a dynasty (the XVII dynasty) that ruled in Nubia between Elephantine and the second cataract of the Nile.

  • January 1569 BC: Nedjeh founded a Nubian kingdom between Elephantine and the second cataract of the Nile, whose capital was Buhen.

1.2. War between Thebes and Hyksos

The Egyptian dynasty of Thebes reconquered most of the secessionist polities and reuinited Egypt.

  • January 1559 BC: Egyptian Pharaoh Senakhtenre Ahmose, of the XVIIth dynasty reconquered Nubia.

Disestablishment

  • January 1559 BC: Egyptian Pharaoh Senakhtenre Ahmose, of the XVIIth dynasty reconquered Nubia.