{"slug": "upper-egypt", "label": "Upper Egypt", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Egypt", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q203751", "qid": "Q203751", "description": "strip of land that spans from the first cataract at Aswan to Mephis latitudinally, and longitudinally along the Ro Henu corridor, the terrestrial gateway of the Mu-qed conduit", "entries": 16, "years": 16, "span": [-1549, 1173], "span_label": ["1550 BCE", "1173 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 9}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "ancient-egypt", "label": "Ancient Egypt", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "egypt", "label": "Egypt", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "pharaoh", "label": "Pharaoh", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "alexandria", "label": "Alexandria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "athanasius-of-alexandria", "label": "Athanasius of Alexandria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "christians", "label": "Christians", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "egyptians", "label": "Egyptians", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-empire", "label": "Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "constantius-ii", "label": "Constantius II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thrace", "label": "Thrace", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lysimachus", "label": "Lysimachus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ptolemy-ii-philadelphus", "label": "Ptolemy II Philadelphus", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -1549, "year_label": "1550 BCE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "1550 BC—Ahmose I becomes Pharaoh of Egypt (although only de facto ruler of Upper Egypt) according to the Low Chronology.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361694621#Events_and_trends", "title": "1550s BC", "revid": 1361694621, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -666, "year_label": "667 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Ashurbanipal of Assyria resumes his late father's attack on Egypt (see 671 BC), recapturing Memphis and beginning an offensive into Upper Egypt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510245#Middle_East", "title": "667 BC", "revid": 1370510245, "section": "Events › By place › Middle East"}}, {"year": -399, "year_label": "400 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Amyrtaeus of Sais successfully completes a revolt against Persian control by gaining control of all of Upper Egypt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361270863#By_place", "title": "400 BC", "revid": 1361270863, "section": "Events › By place"}}, {"year": -275, "year_label": "276 BCE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "The Egyptian King Ptolemy II's first wife, Arsinoe I (daughter of the late King Lysimachus of Thrace) is accused, probably at instigation of Ptolemy II's sister (who also has the name Arsinoe), of plotting his murder and is exiled by the King. Arsinoe then marries her own brother, a customary practice in Egypt, but scandalous to the Greeks. The suffix \"Philadelphoi\" (\"Brother-Loving\") consequently is added to the names of King Ptolemy II and Queen Arsinoe II. The former queen, Arsinoe I, is banished to Coptos, a city of Upper Egypt near the Wadi Hammamat, while her rival adopts her children.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1256257267#Egypt", "title": "276 BC", "revid": 1256257267, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": -204, "year_label": "205 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The native Egyptian population rises in rebellion against their Greek rulers. The revolt spreads to Upper Egypt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361853505#Egypt", "title": "205 BC", "revid": 1361853505, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": -198, "year_label": "199 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ankhwennefer succeeds Horwennefer in Upper Egypt, Egypt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358812686#Egypt", "title": "199 BC", "revid": 1358812686, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": -22, "year_label": "23 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "In response to Meroë's incursions into Upper Egypt, the Roman legions move south and raze Napata. (History of Sudan).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1287237096#Roman_Empire", "title": "23 BC", "revid": 1287237096, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 292, "year_label": "292 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Upper Egypt revolts of (292–293) outbreak in Egypt, centralized in the city of Thebes, primarily involving other Egyptian cities such as Busiris and Coptos. A precursor to the much larger national Egyptian rebellion that followed a few years later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367495826#Egypt", "title": "292", "revid": 1367495826, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": 356, "year_label": "356 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 19", "text": "February 19 – Emperor Constantius II issues a decree closing all pagan temples in the Roman Empire, and ordering the banishment once again of the anti-Arian patriarch of Alexandria, Athanasius. He tries to have him arrested during a vigil service, but Athanasius flees to the Nitrian desert in Upper Egypt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369161915#Roman_Empire", "title": "356", "revid": 1369161915, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 362, "year_label": "362 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 21", "text": "February 21 – Athanasius returns to Alexandria and convenes a council, at which he appeals for unity among Christians who differ in terminology, but Emperor Julian orders Athanasius to leave Alexandria. He will remain in exile in Upper Egypt, until after Julian's death the next year.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331333761#Religion", "title": "362", "revid": 1331333761, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 631, "year_label": "631 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Benjamin I, Coptic patriarch of Alexandria, escapes during the persecutions of his fellow Christians and hides in the monastery of St. Macarius (Upper Egypt).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749921#Religion", "title": "631", "revid": 1364749921, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 640, "year_label": "640 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 21", "text": "December 21 – Muslim Arabs capture Babylon after a seven-month siege; during a night assault Arab warriors open the city gates. The Thebaid region (Upper Egypt) is annexed by the Rashidun Caliphate.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364750340#Africa", "title": "640", "revid": 1364750340, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 646, "year_label": "646 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Amr ibn al-'As builds fortifications in Alexandria and quarters a strong garrison in the vicinity, which twice a year is relieved from Upper Egypt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804476#Africa", "title": "646", "revid": 1340804476, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 656, "year_label": "656 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Abdullah ibn Sa'ad, governor of Upper Egypt, dies after a 12-year regime in which he has defeated neighboring Nubia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367635539#Arabian_Empire", "title": "656", "revid": 1367635539, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 1172, "year_label": "1172 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Winter – The Nubians are engaged in a series of skirmishes along the frontier in Upper Egypt. A force of Kurdish troops under Turan-Shah, a brother of Saladin, attack the Nubians. He installs a garrison in Qasr Ibrim.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369184481#Egypt", "title": "1172", "revid": 1369184481, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": 1173, "year_label": "1173 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Pro-Fatimid rising in Upper Egypt led by Kanz al-Dawla, governor of Aswan, is crushed by Saladin's brother Al-Adil.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300112960#Egypt", "title": "1173", "revid": 1300112960, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}]}