Fact 11 on Egyptian Empire: | New Kingdom: The ancient Egyptians fought against the Hittites for control of the lucrative trade routes to Mesopotamia.
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Fact 12 on Egyptian Empire: | Military campaigns were launched and the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean, including Canaan came under Egyptian rule.
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Fact 13 on Egyptian Empire: | 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom: Pharaoh Thutmose I extended the military presence in Nubia.
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Fact 14 on Egyptian Empire: | 18th Dynasty: Pharaoh Thutmose III, one of the greatest pharaohs, and created the largest empire Egypt had ever known through his military campaigns and conquests in Canaan, Syria and Nubia.
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Fact 15 on Egyptian Empire: | 19th Dynasty: Pharaoh Ramses I intensified military campaigns in Syria.
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Fact 16 on Egyptian Empire: | 19th Dynasty: Pharaoh Seti I launched military campaigns against the Hittites and succeed in gaining Hittite lands, gaining lands in Northern Syria providing lucrative trade routes to Mesopotamia.
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Fact 17 on Egyptian Empire: | 19th Dynasty: Ramses the Great was renown for his military prowess that resulted in the suppression of threats from the Nubians, the Libyans and Hittites and secured the borders of Egypt from hostile attacks.
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Fact 18 on Egyptian Empire: | 19th Dynasty: Egypt conquers the African land of Nubia. and incorporated parts of the area into its provinces.
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Fact 19 on Egyptian Empire: | Egypt continued to build a series of fortresses in every area of the Egyptian Empire. It is documented that some of the fortresses were surrounded by crocodile-infested ditches or canals. moat
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Fact 20 on Egyptian Empire: | The 19th Dynasty saw Moses and the Israelites released from Egypt to travel across the Arabian desert towards the Promised Land.
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Fact 21 on Egyptian Empire: | The 20th dynasty of the New Kingdom heralded the decline of the empire.
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Fact 22 on Egyptian Empire: | Post Empire: For a short period of time the Libyans conquered Egypt and ruled as part of the 22nd dynasty.
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Fact 23 on Egyptian Empire: | The Assyrians invade Egypt.
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Fact 24 on Egyptian Empire: | The Persians expel the Assyrians and conquer Egypt in 525BC
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Fact 25 on Egyptian Empire: | Military defeat of Persia by the Greeks at Marathon in 490 B.C. when Egypt is conquered by the Greeks led by Alexander the Great.
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Fact 26 on Egyptian Empire: | The Ptolemaic dynasty of kings was established by Alexander the Great who ruled Egypt for over one hundred years.
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Fact 27 on Egyptian Empire: | The last ruler of Egypt was Cleopatra, the mistress of Julius Caesar and the wife of Mark Anthony. Octavian and the Romans defeat Anthony and Cleopatra at Battle of Actium.
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Fact 28 on Egyptian Empire: | Egypt becomes a province of the Roman Empire
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Fact 29 on Egyptian Empire: | The last ruler of Egypt was Cleopatra, the mistress of Julius Caesar and the wife of Mark Anthony. Octavian and the Romans defeat Anthony and Cleopatra at Battle of Actium.
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Fact 30 on Egyptian Empire: | Egypt becomes a province of the Roman Empire
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