Kadesh

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Ancient city, western Syria.

Located just southwest of modern Hims, it was seized by the Egyptian king Thutmose III in the 15th century BC. It remained an outpost of Egypt until it came under Hittite rule in the mid-14th century BC. The Egyptian king Seti I captured the city, and in 1275 BC it was the scene of a battle between Ramses II and the Hittite Muwatallis. After invasion by the Sea Peoples c. 1185 BC, Kadesh disappeared from history.

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Kadesh-barnea - City of ancient Palestine.

Hittite - Any member of an Indo-European people whose empire (Old Kingdom c. 1700-1500 BC, New Kingdom c. 1400-1180 BC) was centred in Anatolia and northern Syria.

Ramses II - King of ancient Egypt, 1279-13 BC.

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Kadesh - ancient city on the Orontes (Al-'Asi) River in western Syria. The site is located about 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Hims. It was the site of two battles in ancient times.

Kadesh, Battle of - (1275 BC), major battle between the Egyptians under Ramses II and the Hittites under Muwatallis, in Syria, southwest of Hims, on the Orontes River. Seeking to recapture the Hittite-held city of Kadesh in Syria, Ramses II invaded Syria with four divisions and an auxiliary force. Muwatallis gathered a large alliance among his vassal states and, hiding his army behind the city mound, sent out false ...

Egypt, ancient - About two years before his death Thutmose III appointed his 18-year-old son, Amenhotep II (ruled c. 1426-1400 BC), as co-regent. Just prior to his father's death, Amenhotep II set out on a campaign to an area near Kadesh, in Syria, whose city-states were now caught up in the power struggle between Egypt and Mitanni; Amenhotep II killed seven princes and shipped their bodies back to Egypt to be ...

Muwatallis - Hittite king during the New Kingdom (reigned c. 1320-c. 1294 BC).

Ramesseum - funerary temple of Ramses II (1279-13 BC), erected on the west bank of the Nile River at Thebes in Upper Egypt. The temple, famous for its 57-foot (17-metre) seated statue of Ramses II (of which only fragments are left), was dedicated to the god Amon and the deceased king. The walls of the Ramesseum, which is only about half preserved, are decorated with reliefs, including scenes depicting the ...

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