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The Battle of Kadesh took place in the 13th century BC between the Egyptian Empire led by pharaoh Ramesses II and the Hittite Empire led by king Muwatalli II.Their armies engaged each other at the Orontes River, just upstream of Lake Homs and near the archaeological site of Kadesh, along what is today the Lebanon–Syria border.
His ability to advance Egypt's financial and security interests by means other than war led to Ramesses's willingness to pursue friendlier relations with the Hittites. Maintaining the status quo in the region became a priority for Ramesses because of the emergence of Assyria's military power, whose might was a force to be reckoned with.
As Egyptian buffer provinces in the land of the Amurru along the border with the Hittites attempted to change their vassalage, Thutmose III dealt with the threat personally. The Canaanites are thought to have been allied with the Mitanni and Amurru from the region of the two rivers between the headwaters of the Orontes and the Jordan.
Information relating to the conflict contained in the Hittite tablet KBo IV 14 has been interpreted by Nemirovsky to show that the battle must have occurred some ten years before the end of Šulmānu-ašarēd's reign (which he dates to 1264–1234 BC), and that this might necessitate picking the Egyptian "Middle Chronology" for the accession of ...
The Sphinx Gate (Alaca Höyük, Çorum, Turkey) Reliefs and hieroglyphs from Chamber 2 at Hattusa built and decorated by Šuppiluliuma II, the last king of the Hittites Hittite chariot, from an Egyptian relief. The Hittite state was formed from many small polities in North-Central Anatolia, at the banks of the Kızılırmak River, during the ...
In the years before the civil war, the Hittite Empire had gained enormous power and prosperity under the kingship of Muwatalli II (1295–1272 BC). In particular, Muwatalli is notable for successfully opposing the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II at the Battle of Kadesh in 1274 BC. [1]
This is a list of wars involving the Arab Republic of Egypt and its predecessor states. Egyptian victory Egyptian defeat Another result * *e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Egypt, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result
Hittite Empire: New Kingdom of Egypt: c. 1270 BC c. 1270 BC Ramesses II's Third Syrian Campaign: Egypt: Hittite Empire: c. 1270 BC c. 1269 BC Ramesses II's Later Syrian Campaigns: New Kingdom of Egypt: Hittite Empire: c. 1267 BC c. 1267 BC Hittite Civil War of 1267 B.C. Hattusili III: Mursili III: c. 1260 BC c. 1260 BC Ramesses II's Nubian ...