List of wars involving Egypt
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This is a list of wars involving the Arab Republic of Egypt and its predecessor states.
Egyptian victory
Egyptian defeat
Another result*
*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Egypt, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result
Prehistoric Egypt (c. 6200-3100 BC)
[edit]| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unification Wars of Upper Egypt (c. 3600–3200 BC) | Thinis | Naqada | Thinis victory
|
Scorpion I | Unknown,but in the thousands
king Taurus killed |
Early Dynastic Period (c. 3100-2890 BC)
[edit]| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt | Upper Egypt | Lower Egypt | Upper Egypt victory | Narmer | ? |
| Egyptian expedition to Nubia | First Dynasty of Egypt | Nubian people | Victory | Hor-Aha | ? |
| Egypto-Nubian conflict (c. 3100–3000 BC) | First Dynasty of Egypt | A-Group culture (Nubia) | Victory | Djer or Djet[2] | ? |
| War of succession | Horus Bird | Sneferka | inconclusive
|
Hotepsekhemwy | ? |
| War of the gods | Khasekhemwy | followers of the god Horus
followers of the god Set |
Pharaoh victory
|
Khasekhemwy | ? |
Old Kingdom (c. 2686-2181 BC)
[edit]| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egyptian Campaign in Nubia and Libya (c. 2600 BC)[3][4][5] | Fourth Dynasty of Egypt | Nubians, Libyans | Victory
|
Sneferu | ? |
| Egyptian campaign in Nubia,Sinai and southern Canaan | Sixth Dynasty of Egypt | Nubians,Bedouins,Canaanites | Victory
|
Pepi I Meryre | ? |
Middle Kingdom Period (c. 2055-1650 BC)
[edit]| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reunification of Egypt | Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt (Thebes) | Tenth Dynasty of Egypt (Heracleopolis) | Theban victory
|
Mentuhotep II | ? |
| Egyptian campaign in nubia | Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt | Nubia | Victory
|
? | |
| Expedition to Punt | Eleventh dynasty of Egypt | Land of Punt | Victory
|
Mentuhotep III | ? |
| Egyptian Campaign in Lower Nubia (c. 1953 BC)[6] | Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt | Various peoples in Lower Nubia. | Victory
|
Senusret I | ? |
| Egyptian Campaign in Nubia (c. 1870–1859 BC)[7] | Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt | Various Nubian peoples | Victory
|
Senusret III | ? |
| Egyptian Campaign in Canaan (Between c. 1880 and c. 1840 BC) | Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt | Shechem Retjenu |
Victory
|
Senusret III | ? |
Second Intermediate Period (c. 1650-1550 BC)
[edit]| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theban-Hyksos conflict | Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt | Hyksos | Victory
|
Seqenenre Tao,Kamose, Ahmose I | ? |
New Kingdom Period (c. 1550-1077 BC)
[edit]| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egyptian compaigns in the Levant and Syria | Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Asiatics | Victory
|
Ahmose I | ? |
| Egyptian campaign in Nubia | Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Nubians | Victory
|
Thutmose I | ? |
| Egyptian campaign in the Levant and Syria | Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Canaanites | Victory
|
? | |
| Rebellions in Nubia | Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Nubians rebels | Victory
|
? | |
| Nubian Rebellion | Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Nubian rebels | Victory
|
Thutmose II | ? |
| Egyptian conquest of Cyprus | Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Cyprus | Victory
|
Thutmose III | ? |
| Egyptian conquest of Punt [10] | Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Punt | Victory | ? | |
| Egyptian Campaign in the Levant (1458–1457 BC) | Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Canaanites Kadesh Megiddo Kingdom of Mitanni Hurrians |
Victory
|
4,000 at the Battle of Megiddo | |
| Conquest of Syria | Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Asiatics | Victory
|
? | |
| Egyptian attack on Mitanni | Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Mitanni | Victory
|
? | |
| Egyptian campaign in Nubia | Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Nubia | Victory
|
? | |
| Egyptian-Hittite conflict | Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Hittites | inconclusive[12]
|
Seti I, Ramses II | ? |
| Sea Peoples' invasion of Egypt | Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt | Sea Peoples | Victory | Ramses III | ? |
Late Period (c. 664-332 BC)
[edit]| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| reunification of Egypt | Psamtik I | kinglets of the Dodecarchy | Victory
|
Psamtik I | ? |
| Egyptian campaign against the Kingdom of Judah | Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt | Kingdom of Judah | Victory | Necho II | Undetermined, but low |
| Egyptian Babylonian war | Neo-Babylonian Empire,Persians,Scythians,Medes | Victory
|
? | ||
| Egyptian conquest of Cyprus | Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt | Cyprus | Victory
|
Amasis II | ? |
Ptolemaic Kingdom (310-30 BC)
[edit]Roman Egypt (30 BC – 641 AD)
[edit]| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subjugation of upper Egypt | Gaius Cornelius Gallus | Rebels in Thebes | Roman victory
|
Augustus | ? |
| Conquest of Arabia Petraea and Arabia Felix | Gaius Aelius Gallus | Nabataeans, Sabaeans[14] | Defeat
|
? | |
| Roman Campaign into the kingdom of kush | Gaius Petronius | Kingdom of Kush | Victory
|
? | |
| Siege of Jerusalem | Tiberius Julius Alexander | Zealots,Sadducees,Pharisees | Victory
|
Titus | ? |
| Diaspora Revolt | Marcus Rutilius Lupus | Jews | Roman victory
|
Trajan | ? |
Tulunid Emirate (868–905)
[edit]| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle of Tawahin | Abbasid Caliphate | Tulunid Emirate | Tulunid victory
|
Khumarawayh Sa'd al-Aysar |
? |
Ikhshidid Emirate (935–969)
[edit]| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ikhshidid-Makurian conflict | Ikhshidid Emirate | Makuria | Ikhshidid Victory
|
Kafur al-Ikhshidi | ? |
| Fatimid conquest of Egypt | Ikhshidid dynasty | Fatimid Caliphate | Defeat
|
Emir Abu'l-Fawaris Ahmad ibn Ali Ja'far ibn al-Furat Nihrir al-Shuwayzan |
? |
Ayyubid Sultanate (1171–1250)
[edit]| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Sultan | Egyptian losses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Third Crusade
(1189–1192) |
Ayyubid Sultanate |  Angevin Empire
|
Stalemate
|
Saladin | ? |
| Crusade of 1197
(1197–1198) |
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Defeat
|
Al-Aziz Uthman | ? |
| Fifth Crusade
(1217–1221) |
Ayyubid Sultanate | Holy Roman Empire
|
Victory
|
Al-Kamil | ? |
| Sixth Crusade
(1228–1229) |
Ayyubid Sultanate | Holy Roman Empire
|
Stalemate
Diplomatic Crusader victory
|
Al-Kamil | ? |
| Baron's Crusade
(1239–1241) |
Ayyubid Sultanate |  Kingdom of Jerusalem
|
Defeat
|
As-Salih Ayyub | ? |
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Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517)
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Ottoman Eyalet of Egypt and Khedivate of Egypt (1803–1914)
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Sultanate of Egypt (British Protectorate) (1914–1922)
[edit]| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Head of State | Egyptian losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World War I (1914–1918) |
 France
|
 German Empire
|
Victory
|
Hussein Kamel | 14,763+ | |
| Anglo-Egyptian Darfur Expedition (1916) |
Sultanate of Darfur | Victory
|
5 | |||
| Egyptian Revolution (1919) |
 British Empire
|
 Rebels
|
Diplomatic Revolutionary Victory
|
Fuad I | 800 | |
Kingdom of Egypt (1919–1953)
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Republic of Egypt (1953–1958)
[edit]| Conflict | Egypt and allies |
Opponents | Results | Head of State | Minister of Defense |
Egyptian losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Military | Civilians | ||||||
| Suez Crisis (1956) |
 Republic of Egypt
|
 Israel  United Kingdom France
|
Inconclusive
Coalition military victory[27][28][29]
|
Gamal Abdel Nasser | Abdel Hakim Amer | 1,650– 3,000 |
~1,000 |
United Arab Republic (1958–1971)
[edit]| Conflict | Egypt and allies |
Opponents | Results | Head of State | Minister of Defense |
Egyptian losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Military | Civilians | ||||||
| North Yemen Civil War (1962–1967) |
 Yemen Arab Republic United Arab Republic
|
 Kingdom of Yemen  Saudi Arabia
|
Stalemate
|
Gamal Abdel Nasser | Abdel Wahab el-Beshry | 26,000 dead[30] | None |
| Sand War (1963) |
 Algeria United Arab Republic
|
 Morocco
|
Stalemate
|
Unknown | None | ||
| Six-Day War (1967) |
United Arab Republic Syria Jordan Iraq Lebanon
|
Israel
|
Defeat
|
Shams Badran | 9,800–15,000 killed or missing[31][32] | Unknown | |
| War of Attrition (1967–1970) |
United Arab Republic Soviet Union PLO Jordan
|
Israel
|
Both sides claimed victory
|
Mohamed Fawzi | 2,882[33]–10,000[34] | ||
| Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970) |
 Nigeria United Arab Republic
|
 Biafra
|
Victory (Limited Involvement) | Unknown | None | ||
Arab Republic of Egypt (1971–present)
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