The Battle of Kadesh took place between the forces of the Egyptian Empire under Ramesses II and the Hittite Empire under Muwatalli II at the city of Kadesh on the Orontes River the modern Syrian-Lebanese border.
See also :
- Peter J. Parr eds., Excavations at Tell Nebi Mend, Syria Volume I, (Levant Supplementary Series 16), Oxford 2015
- Piotr Bienkowski , Jordan: Crossroads of the Near East in: Treasures from an Ancient Land: The Art of Jordan, Piotr Bienkowski eds., Stroud, UK: Alan Sutton 1991, p. 9