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Kamose's campaigns against Avaris and related networks

Kamose's stelae describe campaigns northward and political relationships involving Avaris and Kerma.

Evidence confidence: high
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What is the evidence?

observation

Kamose's stelae describe campaigns northward and political relationships involving Avaris and Kerma.

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Review and provenance

Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.

Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.

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Chronology

Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.

Preferred assertion

1555 BCE–1550 BCE

Precision: range

high

Preferred display range for this release. It does not suppress model-specific dates, regnal uncertainty or alternative period boundaries recorded elsewhere.

Interpretation and caveats

The campaigns materially shifted Theban power, but surviving royal texts frame motives and outcomes ideologically.

Event context

Classification

Event type: military campaign and royal narrative

Evidence layer: historical and archaeological

Timeline role: regional core

Why it matters to the timeline

Connects rival kingdoms to early New Kingdom reunification.

Research notes

  • Supports sequence and source criticism. Role: provides textual and historical synthesis. Locator: Kamose and the war against Avaris.
  • Supports caution about rhetoric. Role: provides genre caution. Locator: Royal inscription genre.

Evidence and sources

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