
Kadesh: The Great Chariot Battle of Egypt and the Hittites, c. 1300–1258 BC | Calm Bedtime History
In the fifth year of Ramesses II, around 1274 BC, an Egyptian army approached the fortress of Kadesh beside the Orontes River in western Syria. The Hittite king Muwatalli II and his allied forces were waiting nearby, hidden from the advancing divisions.
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