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Tell Kadesh

Location:

  • Syrian Arab Republic, Al Ḩawz
  • geo:34.57,36.509998
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -1274? / unknown

Class:

  • Site of historic event
  • invisible

Identifiers:

Annotations

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 :

  1. Peter J. Parr eds., Excavations at Tell Nebi Mend, Syria Volume I, (Levant Supplementary Series 16), Oxford 2015
  2. 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

De Slag bij Kadesh vond plaats bij Kadesh tussen de legers van Egypte onder leiding van Ramses II (1290 – 1224 v. Chr.) en de Hettitische strijdmachten onder leiding van Muwatalli II en werd nabij die rivier uitgevochten in het jaar 1274 v.Chr1.

References

  1. Wikipedia: Slag bij Kadesh


Nearby

Kadesh - Qadesh [Tell Nebi Mend] (1 km)

Kadesh is identified with the ruins at Tell Nebi Mend/Tell al-Nabi Mando.

Laodicea ad Libanum (2 km)

OmnesViae import TPPlace512

Semaqiyat (4 km)

Station


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