Kingdom of Kadesh
E1011582
Late Bronze Age city-state
Levantine polity
ancient Near Eastern kingdom
ancient battle
ancient city
The Kingdom of Kadesh was a prominent Late Bronze Age city-state in the Levant, strategically located near the Orontes River and often involved in major regional conflicts between Egyptian and Hittite powers.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Kadesh | 0 |
| Kadesh | 0 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Late Bronze Age city-state
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Levantine polity ⓘ ancient Near Eastern kingdom ⓘ ancient battle ⓘ ancient city ⓘ |
| archaeologicalStatus | not securely identified with a single excavated site ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
Egyptian sources
ⓘ
Hittite sources ⓘ |
| conflictBetween |
Hittite Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Kingdom Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contestedBy |
Hittite Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Kingdom Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalSphere |
Levantine
ⓘ
Syro-Canaanite ⓘ |
| date | c. 1274 BCE ⓘ |
| declinePeriod | late 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
agriculture
ⓘ
trade ⓘ |
| event | Battle of Kadesh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flourishedDuring | 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| foughtNear | Kadesh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCapital | Kadesh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedIn | Egyptian–Hittite conflicts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a major battleground between Egypt and the Hittite Empire
ⓘ
the Battle of Kadesh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamilyLikelySpoken | Northwest Semitic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Levant
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Orontes River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orontes River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Hittite royal annals
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ramesses II inscriptions ⓘ |
| militarySignificance | fortified city controlling river crossing ⓘ |
| modernCountry | Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | ancient Near East NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | buffer state between Egypt and Hatti ⓘ |
| regionType | Syro-Canaanite city-state ⓘ |
| religionType | polytheism ⓘ |
| rulerTitle | king ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | control of routes between Egypt, Anatolia, and Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| strategicRole |
control of east–west routes between coast and interior
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control of north–south Levantine corridor ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Late Bronze Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vassalOf | Hittite Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.