The Hittites answer Egypt’s campaigns against them…

1281 BCE to 1270 BCE

The Hittites answer Egypt’s campaigns against them at Kadesh on the Orontes River.

Initially surprised and surrounded by a Hittite pincer movement, the Egyptians hold out and escape defeat, counterattacking the Hittite forces when they stop to loot their fallen enemies.

Locations
Kadesh Syria View →

People
Hattusili III View → Ramesses II “the Great” View →

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Egyptians View → Anatolia, archaic View → Egypt (Ancient), New Kingdom of View → Mitanni (Hanigalbat), Kingdom of View → Hittites (Hittite Empire), (New) Kingdom of the View → Assyria, (Middle) Kingdom of View → Syrian people View →

Topics
Younger Subboreal Period View → Kadesh, Battle of View → Bronze Age collapse View →

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Weapons View →

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Commerce View → Environment View → Labor and Service View → Conflict View → Mayhem View → Faith View → Government View → Technology View →

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