Dec 24, 2009

Salem on History | Battle of Kadesh

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Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
Categories: Government and Politics, Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
Subcategories: Kings, Queens, Kingdoms, Monarchy, Wars, Battles, Empires, Dynasties, Pharaohs
Curriculum: Middle Eastern History, Ancient History
Geographical Location: Syria
Date: c. 1275

Article abstract: The Battle of Kadesh decided the areas of influence and the balance of power between the Hittites and Egyptians as they expanded into the regions of Syria and the Levant.

Summary of Event

Carved on the walls and pylons of massive temples along the River Nile are pictorial and hieroglyphic reports of a military engagement between the Egyptians and the Hittites in 1275 b.c.e. Egypt had been intermittently at war with the Hittites in Syria for two hundred years, since Thutmose III in the early fifteenth century had extended his sway...

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Salem on History | Battle of Kadesh

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Summary of Event

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