geography assertion · geom_egyfull_assyrian_intervention
Geography assertion for evt_egyfull_assyrian_invasion_671
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Geography and uncertainty
geometry type
dated_network_or_control_assertion_without_polygoncoordinate status
no_geometry_intentionally_suppliedcoordinate confidence
highreconstruction method
Evidence-linked network of named centres and relationship types. No polygon is supplied because a fixed defensible boundary is unavailable.valid from
- era
- BCE
- year
- 671
valid to
- era
- BCE
- year
- 663
explanation
Memphis and Thebes were targets in repeated campaigns; total lasting control across Egypt is not asserted.uncertainty warning
Not a modern state border. Direct administration, claim, military reach, tribute, settlement and uncertainty are kept distinct.Evidence and sources
- supports · supports geographic assertion
Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period (RINAP) — Oracc and RINAP editorial teamsSupports named nodes, control distinctions and uncertainty.
Locator: Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal Egypt campaign inscriptions
Referenced records
- Memphis · entity
- Thebes · entity
- Esarhaddon's invasion and capture of Memphis · event