Siege

Siege of Dapur

1271 BCE · 34.56° N, 36.52° E

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When
1271 BCE
Kind
Siege
Coordinates
34.56° N, 36.52° E
Description
siege

Siege of Dapur

Siege in 1269 BC

The siege of Dapur occurred as part of Pharaoh Ramesses II's campaign to suppress Galilee and conquer Syria in 1269 BC. He described his campaign on the wall of his mortuary temple, the Ramesseum in Thebes, Egypt. The inscriptions say that Dapur was "in the land of Hatti".

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