Egyptian Revolt (216 BC)

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Was a revolt against the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Upper Egypt.

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January 216 BC: Nationalist sentiment had developed among the native Egyptians who had fought at Raphia. Confident and well-trained, they broke from Ptolemy in what is known as the Egyptian Revolt, establishing their own kingdom in Upper Egypt which the Ptolemies finally reconquered around 185 BC.