Campaigns and battles Psamtik II

psamtik ii s victory stela kalabsha records campaign against kush

as result of psamtik s devastating campaign, kush s power crushed, , kings aspelta onwards lost opportunity of ever regaining control of egypt. instead, nubian rulers decided shift capital further south napata relative safety of meroë. curiously, however, psamtik ii not appear have capitalized on victory. troops retreated first cataract, , elephantine continued southern border of egypt.

an outcome of campaign deliberate destruction of monuments belonging 25th dynasty kushite kings in egypt hacking out names , emblems of royalty statues , reliefs. later, in 591 bc, during fourth year of reign, psamtik ii launched expedition palestine foment general levantine revolt against babylonians involved, among others, zedekiah of kingdom of judah.