May 1274 BCE · Asia
Battle of Kadesh
In the thirteenth century BCE, near Kadesh on the Orontes, the Egyptian army of Ramesses II met the Hittite army of Muwatalli II. The action is the best-documented chariot battle of the Late Bronze Age.
Commanders
- Ramesses II · General
- Date
- May 1274 BCE
- Place
- Kadesh · Syria
- Region
- Asia