What the records say
- When
- May 525 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 31.04° N, 32.55° E
- Description
- 525 BCE battle between Egypt and Achaemenid Empire
4 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Pelusium - Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt by painting cats and other animals sacred to the Egyptians on his soldiers' shields”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht bei Pelusium besiegt Perserkönig Kambyses II. auf dem Sinai die Truppen des altägyptischen (saïtischen) Pharaos Psammetich III. und erobert…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Поход персов на Египет”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page