Djoser's expeditions to the Sinai Peninsula

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Djoser's expeditions to the Sinai Peninsula
Part of the early Egyptian conquests

Date:

Sometime after 2686 BCE - sometime before 2650 BCE

Location:

Somewhere in the Sinai Peninsula

Historical result:

Egyptian victory

  • Unidentified people of the Sinai are subdued
  • Area mined for copper and turquoise
  • Egypt successfully establishes Nile-Asian buffer zone
Belligerents
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Old Egyptian Kingdom

Unidentified inhabitants of the Sinai region

Commanders
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Unidentified Egyptian general

Unknown

Strength

Ancient Egyptian army

Force of the unidentified people

  • Indeterminate number of troops
Casualties

Unknown. Likely minimal

Unknown. Possibly heavy

 

Djoser's expeditions to the Sinai Peninsula, also known as the Egyptian suppression of the Sinai, was a conflict between the Old Kingdom of Egypt under the reign of Djoser, and the unnamed inhabitants of the Sinai Peninsula. Djoser dispatched troops to the Sinai on several military expeditions to suppress and subdue the inhabitants of the region (their designation unknown), both to secure a strategically important buffer zone and to mine for valuable minerals such as turquoise and copper. This also (likely) started future Egyptian activity in the region, with an emphasis on establishing a more permanent military presence.

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