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Location

  • Syrian Arab Republic, Al Ḩawz
  • geo:34.57,36.509998

Period or year

  • -1274? / unknown

Classification

  • event
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Identifiers

Battle of Kadesh (Qadesh)

data access 20569

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 sites

  • Kadesh - Qadesh [Tell Nebi Mend]
    Kadesh is identified with the ruins at Tell Nebi Mend/Tell al-Nabi Mando.
    Syrian Arab Republic, Tall an Nabī Mandū
  • Laodicea ad Libanum
    OmnesViae import TPPlace512
    Syrian Arab Republic, Al Ḩamīdīyah
  • Semaqiyat
    Station
    Syrian Arab Republic, Umm Ḩāratayn
  • Akroum
    Akroum. Vicus with three roman temples and other finds
    Lebanon, Akroum

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Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2015-06-04) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
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Suggested citation: Elżbieta , Battle of Kadesh (Qadesh). https://vici.org/vici/20569, accessed 2026-11-13.