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Battle of Kadesh | |||||||
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Part of Second Syrian campaign of Ramesses II | |||||||
Ramesses atop chariot, at the battle of Kadesh. (Relief inside his Abu Simbel temple.) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
New Kingdom of Egypt | Hittite Empire | ||||||
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Strength | |||||||
20,000 men |
Somewhere between 23,000–50,000 men | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown |
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The Battle of Kadesh or Battle of Qadesh took place between the forces of the New Kingdom of Egypt under Ramesses II and the Hittite Empire under Muwatalli II at the city of Kadesh on the Orontes River, just upstream of Lake Homs near the modern Lebanon–Syria border.[10]
The battle is generally dated to 1274 BC in the Egyptian chronology,[11] and is the earliest battle in recorded history for which details of tactics and formations are known. It is believed to have been the largest chariot battle ever fought, involving between 5,000 and 6,000 chariots in total.[12][13][14]
As a result of discovery of multiple Kadesh inscriptions and the Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty, it is the best documented battle in all of ancient history.[15]