The Battle of Kadesh took place in the 13th century BC between the Egyptian Empire led by pharaoh Ramesses II and the Hittite Empire led by king Muwatalli II. Their armies engaged each other at the Orontes River, just upstream of Lake Homs and near the archaeological site of Kadesh, along what is today the Lebanon–Syria border. [13]

The Hittite military oath (CTH 427) is a Hittite text on two cuneiform tablets. The first tablet is only preserved in fragments (KBo XXI 10, KUB XL 13, and minor fragments), the second tablet survives in three copies, and can be restituted almost completely.

The battle of Kadesh is one of the world’s largest chariot battles, fought beside the Orontes River, King Ramesses II sought to wrest Syria from the Hittites and recapture the Hittite-held city of Kadesh.

2023年7月3日 · Beyond shrouded cultures and mysterious endings, in this article, we aim to cover the martial scope of the rising Hittite Empire that held sway over most of ancient Anatolia, fueled by both its administrative competency and military effectiveness.

The Egyptians and Hittites fought a great chariot battle of Kadesh in 1274 BC. At stake was the very control of the near east.

Hittite history predominantly revolves around military campaigns, starting from early Indo-European records emphasizing military conflicts that shaped state formation in 2nd-millennium BC Anatolia.

2024年2月15日 · Hittite soldiers had two key advantages over their enemies: flexibility and superior training, and advanced weaponry and organization. Their infantry was highly maneuverable and adaptable, using...

Plague, brought back to Anatolia from the Levant by Hittite soldiers and prisoners of war, cut short the achievements of Shuppiluliuma. However, his conquests were consolidated and expanded by his son Murshili II (r. 1330–1295 B.C.), whose greatest success was against Arzawa in the west, which was reduced to the status of a subject-state.

The soldiers were recruited from the estates of the Hittite nobles or from satellite kingdoms. Sometimes their numbers were augmented by mercenaries. The army consisted of two main divisions—foot soldiers and charioteers.

2018年9月3日 · This clay tablet describes the ceremony of the oath taken by the Hittite soldiers and the cursing of those who fail to keep the oath. 13th century BCE, from Hattusa (Bogazkoy), in modern-day Turkey...