Egyptian–Hittite wars

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The Egyptian–Hittite wars were a series of Late Bronze Age conflicts between the New Kingdom of Egypt and the Hittite Empire over control of Syria and the Levant, culminating in the famous Battle of Kadesh and one of history’s earliest recorded peace treaties.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Late Bronze Age conflict ⓘ
series of wars ⓘ
cause competition for control of Syrian city-states ⓘ
struggle for dominance in the Levant ⓘ
conflictBetween Hittite Empire ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
conflictOver Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Syria ⓘ
culminatedIn Battle of Kadesh ⓘ
documentedBy Egyptian hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ
Hittite cuneiform tablets ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
endTime 13th century BCE ⓘ
era Hittite New Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: New Hittite period

New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Kadesh ⓘ
Battle of Megiddo (c. 1479 BCE) ⓘ
campaigns of Ramesses II in Syria ⓘ
campaigns of Seti I in Syria ⓘ
historicalSignificance key stage in balance of power in Late Bronze Age Near East ⓘ
involved Amurru ⓘ
Mitanni (as earlier regional power) ⓘ
linked to: Mitanni kingdom

Qadesh (Kadesh) ⓘ
linked to: Kadesh

Ugarit ⓘ
knownFor extensive royal propaganda, especially by Ramesses II ⓘ
one of the earliest recorded peace treaties in history ⓘ
locatedIn Ancient Near East ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
mainBelligerent Egypt under Ramesses II ⓘ
Egypt under Seti I ⓘ
Egypt under Thutmose III ⓘ
Hittite Empire under Hattusili III ⓘ
linked to: Hittite Empire

Hittite Empire under Muwatalli II ⓘ
linked to: Hittite Empire

Hittite Empire under Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
linked to: Hittite Empire
militaryTechnology bronze weapons ⓘ
chariot warfare ⓘ
notableCommander Hattusili III ⓘ
Muwatalli II ⓘ
Ramesses II ⓘ
Seti I ⓘ
Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Kadesh (c. 1274 BCE) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Kadesh

signing of Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty ⓘ
outcome recognition of spheres of influence in the Levant ⓘ
stabilization of Egyptian–Hittite frontier in Syria ⓘ
partOf Late Bronze Age Near Eastern wars ⓘ
resultedIn Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Kadesh
startTime 14th century BCE ⓘ

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Hittite Empire → partOfConflict → Egyptian–Hittite wars ⓘ
Treaty of Kadesh → hasSignificanceIn → Egyptian–Hittite relations ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian–Hittite wars
Battle of Kadesh → partOf → Egyptian–Hittite wars ⓘ
Kadesh Treaty tablet → category → Egyptian–Hittite relations ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian–Hittite wars
Poem of Pentaur → associatedWith → Egyptian–Hittite relations ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian–Hittite wars
Bulletin of Kadesh → about → Hittite–Egyptian conflict ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian–Hittite wars
Sutekh division → geopoliticalContext → Egyptian-Hittite conflicts ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian–Hittite wars
Kingdom of Kadesh → involvedIn → Egyptian–Hittite conflicts ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian–Hittite wars