Battle of Megiddo (15th century BCE)

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The Battle of Megiddo (15th century BCE) was a decisive military victory of Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose III over a Canaanite coalition, often regarded as the first recorded battle in history with detailed accounts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bronze Age battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Megiddo (Thutmose III) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Megiddo
associatedWith New Kingdom Egyptian imperialism ⓘ
use of chariots ⓘ
belligerent Canaanite coalition ⓘ
New Kingdom Egypt ⓘ
campaignLeader Thutmose III ⓘ
chronologicalPosition early major battle of Thutmose III’s reign ⓘ
commander Thutmose III ⓘ
conflictIn Thutmose III’s campaigns in Canaan ⓘ
confusedWith Battle of Megiddo (1918) ⓘ
consequence expansion of Egyptian empire in the Levant ⓘ
submission of many Canaanite rulers to Egypt ⓘ
date circa 1457 BCE ⓘ
era 15th century BCE ⓘ
followedBy siege of Megiddo ⓘ
geographicalFeature Jezreel Valley ⓘ
hill of Megiddo (Tell el-Mutesellim) ⓘ
linked to: Megiddo
historicalContext rise of New Kingdom Egypt as a Near Eastern great power ⓘ
historicalPeriod Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
knownFor earliest relatively detailed military campaign narrative ⓘ
strategic encirclement of Canaanite forces ⓘ
legacy model for later Egyptian campaign narratives ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay modern-day Israel ⓘ
linked to: Israel
militaryInnovation detailed logistical and tactical record ⓘ
militaryObjective control of trade routes through Canaan ⓘ
opposingAlliance Canaanite city-states ⓘ
Kingdom of Kadesh ⓘ
opposingCommander King of Kadesh ⓘ
outcome decisive Egyptian victory ⓘ
partOf Egyptian campaigns in the Levant ⓘ
place Canaan ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Megiddo ⓘ
precededBy reign of Hatshepsut ⓘ
primarySourceType hieroglyphic inscription ⓘ
recordedAt Temple of Amun at Karnak ⓘ
recordedIn Annals of Thutmose III ⓘ
relatedWork Egyptian military annals ⓘ
result Egyptian victory ⓘ
significance consolidation of Egyptian control over Canaan ⓘ
demonstrated Thutmose III’s military skill ⓘ
first recorded battle in history with detailed accounts ⓘ
sourceLanguage Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
tacticalFeature Egyptian surprise march via narrow Aruna pass ⓘ
siege of Megiddo following field battle ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Megiddo → hasNearbyBattle → Battle of Megiddo (15th century BCE) ⓘ
Megiddo → hasNearbyBattle → Battle of Megiddo (609 BCE) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Megiddo (15th century BCE)
Thutmose III → knownFor → battle of Megiddo ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Megiddo (15th century BCE)
Egyptian–Hittite wars → hasPart → Battle of Megiddo (c. 1479 BCE) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Megiddo (15th century BCE)
Esdraelon Plain → battleSiteOf → Battle of Megiddo (15th century BCE) ⓘ
Tell el-Mutesellim → battleSiteOf → Battle of Megiddo (15th century BCE) ⓘ
Battle of Megiddo → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Megiddo (15th century BCE) ⓘ
King of Kadesh → conflict → Battle of Megiddo (15th century BCE) ⓘ