event · evt_world_battle_kadesh
Battle of Kadesh
Egyptian and Hittite forces fought a major campaign around Kadesh during the reign of Ramesses II.
What is the evidence?
observation
Egyptian and Hittite forces fought a major campaign around Kadesh during the reign of Ramesses II.Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1274 BCE
Precision: year
highContextual record outside all or part of the primary interval.
- informs · contextualizes
Ramesses II and the Battle of Kadesh: chronology and primary inscriptions — University College London, Digital Egypt for UniversitiesProvides the orientation date and source guide.
Locator: Ramesses II chronology and Kadesh campaign references
Interpretation and caveats
The battle is a major eastern Mediterranean political marker for readers following the thirteenth century BCE.
Event context
Classification
Event type: major interstate battle
Evidence layer: historical
Timeline role: general world context
People and places
Locations: Kadesh and the middle Orontes
Why it matters to the timeline
This event provides world-timeline orientation only; no evidence in this package connects it causally to Central Asian developments.
Research notes
- Provides the orientation date and source guide. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Ramesses II chronology and Kadesh campaign references.
Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
Ramesses II and the Battle of Kadesh: chronology and primary inscriptions — University College London, Digital Egypt for UniversitiesProvides the orientation date and source guide.
Locator: Ramesses II chronology and Kadesh campaign references
Referenced records
- Kadesh and the middle Orontes · entity