Battle of Kadesh - Background

The Battle of Kadesh (also spelled Qadesh) took place between Egypt and the Hittite forces of Muwatalli, on the Orontes River of modern Syria, generally dated to 1274 BC during the reign of Ramesses II (1279 – 1213 BC). It was probably the largest chariot-battle ever fought, with some 5,000 chariots involved. Battle of Kadesh - Background. For most of the 18th and 19th Dynasties the Egyptians had been gradually pushed back from upper retnu (The Orontes River watershed into the djadi (The Jo ...

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For most of the 18th and 19th Dynasties the Egyptians had been gradually pushed back from upper retnu (The Orontes River watershed into the djadi (The Jordan River Watershed). During the reign of Amenophis I the Mittani empire had begun to expand in Syria. It was against this foe that the farthest extent of Egyptian occupation had occurred during the reign of Thutmosis I whose campaigns may have reached the Euphrates River pr ...

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For most of the 18th and 19th Dynasties the Egyptians had been gradually pushed back from upper retnu (The Orontes River watershed into the djadi (The Jordan River Watershed). During the reign of Amenophis I the Mittani empire had begun to expand in Syria. It was against this foe that the farthest extent of Egyptian occupation had occurred during the reign of Thutmosis I whose campaigns may have reached the Euphrates River pr ...

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Pharaoh Ramesses II and the Hittite king met at Kadesh in the mountains containing the headwaters of the Orontes in northern Syria around May 1274 B.C. Ramesses II recorded the names of the Hittite allies who opposed him; among them are the following: 1) Pi-da-sa, 2) Da-ar-d(a)-an-ya, 3) Ma-sa, 4) Qa-r(a)-qi-sa, 5) Ru-ka, and 6) Arzawa. The first name has been associated with Pedasos in Mysia of the Troad south of Troy, the second with the Dardanoi of the Troad, the third with southwest Anatolia, the fourth with Caria, the fifth with Lukka/Lycia, and the sixth with Arzawa in western Anatolia (Barnett 1975, 359-62; Breasted ...

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