entity · geo_kadesh_orontes
Kadesh and the middle Orontes
Context location for the Battle of Kadesh.
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.
1300 BCE–1200 BCE
Precision: range
highContextual record outside all or part of the primary interval.
- informs · locates
Ramesses II and the Battle of Kadesh: chronology and primary inscriptions — University College London, Digital Egypt for UniversitiesProvides the event location and chronology context.
Locator: Ramesses II chronology and Kadesh references
Research description
Egyptian and Hittite records place a major conflict around Kadesh. Included only for general world orientation; no Central Asian connection is asserted.
Evidence and sources
- informs · locates
Ramesses II and the Battle of Kadesh: chronology and primary inscriptions — University College London, Digital Egypt for UniversitiesProvides the event location and chronology context.
Locator: Ramesses II chronology and Kadesh references