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Kadesh

The Egyptian Empire under
Ramses II and the Location
of Kadesh
Kadesh or Qadesh, A city-state good Lake Homs in contemporary Syria, controlling the upper valley of the Orontes River, it was the  key  to  the  large  trade route  to  Asia,  loading between the Lebanon land ridges to the Euphrates River and  Assyrian  domains.  In  the  rule  of  Tuthmosis III (1479-1425  B.C.E.),  Kadesh  arisen  against  Egyptian domination and gathered an army of friends at Ar-Megiddo on Mount Carmels northern pitch. Tuthmosis III led his army  across  Mount  Carmel,  single  file,  and  came down behind the enemy.

When the foe figured the Ar-Megiddo fortress, Tuthmosis  set up  a  siege  wall  and  empty  the  besieged. Kadeshs  ruler,  however,  available,  and  Tuthmosis  had  to campaign again and again set to put an end to the rebellion. The city-state had water denials wrote of a  moat  and  a  canal.  Ramesses II (1290-1224  B.C.E.) would too cause against Kadesh.

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