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🚩 Battle of Kadesh 1274 BC was a major battle fought between the Egyptians under Ramses II and the Hittites under Muwatallis. It was one of the world's largest chariot battles, fought on the banks of the Orontes river, where Ramses II sought to wrest Syria from the Hittites and recapture the Hittite-held city of Kadesh...
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🚩 Battle of Kadesh 1274 BC was a major battle fought between the Egyptians under Ramses II and the Hittites under Muwatallis. It was one of the world's largest chariot battles, fought on the banks of the Orontes river, where Ramses II sought to wrest Syria from the Hittites and recapture the Hittite-held city of Kadesh...
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Is it just me, or does Ramesses look strangely like Yul Brynner...
WHY DON'T YOU EVER MENTION THE OTHER CHANNELS YOU NARRATE!!!!
TELL ME WHY, YOU NEVER SAY WHY!!!
You have so many secret channels and you never make any mentions about any of your other channels.
Who narrates these videos for you, please tell me his name because i have some questions for him.
He has multiple large communities that know nothing of the others.
So i want to ask him why he is so secretive.
Imagine his community on his animal/ nature videos learning about this channel, i am sure they would love this channel and this community would grow and more people will be knowledgable on nature and on historical battles and etc.
You must do the Thermopylae battle of the 300 spartans, that will go viral (Y) (Y) (Y)
Just take a minute to grasp how long ago this battle was. The last century of the Roman Empire might be ages ago, but it is still chronologically closer to us than it is to these Egyptians. Even to the Romans, the Egyptians were an ancient civilization. Remarkable that detailed accounts of events so long ago survive to this day.
Yeah if you consider eastern Rome as roman. I struggle to see them as such after Rome fell.
@@SamtheIrishexan Different dynasties pal. Achaemenid, Parthian and Sassanid all considered the Persian empire.
@@SamtheIrishexan no I'm talking Western Roman empire. Rome fell in 476, which is 'only' 1546 years ago.
And the Pyramids are older still...too bad that we only have very fragmentary historical records up until classical Greece.
@@desmondd1984 yeah sadly, I really want to know more about egypt far before the Bronze Age in complete detail
Being the first international treaty in history, the treaty of Kadesh is recorded in the lingua franca of the age, Akkadian, and written on silver and also on clay tablets the extant Hittite copies
Not surprising. The Akkadian king Naram-Sin took over the whole known world.
@@alissa6 he didn't take India.
@@alissa6 although there are many possibilities that Mesopotamians sumerians etc and all these were originally Indians and their religion being Vedic polytheistic Hinduism.
@@shivarya1752 everything great was Indian according to you Indian CZcams comment section historians. Gosh you guys are everywhere and so annoying.
@@shivarya1752 India wasn't civilized at that time. The part of what's today Pakistan and Afghanistan were though, and they were under his hegemony.
Sumerians are originally from east Arabia. Babylonians were from Syria. And Akkadians and Assyrians were native Iraqis. Nothing to suggest they were from India or Hindus.
I’d like to see more Bronze Age stuff, and I have to say that this video reminded me that for whatever reason, Egypt loves to fight its neighbors near the Euphrates. The Hittites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Egypt fought wars with all of them at some point. The Bible mentions King Josiah wanting to fight Pharaoh Neco, who didn’t want to fight him, and asked why he was coming out, and Josiah died in the resulting battle.
U May wanna play old world in that case. They r covering all nations that u have mentioned.
Josiah was a good king too, but hubris is an unforgiving flaw that even the best of us falls into.
The entire levant is an important trade route, whoever controls the coastline has access to all land and sea trade going on between the north and south mediterranean. It connects Anatolia with the fertile crescent and egypt, and per proxy even grants access to the minoans and myceneans. No wonder everyone was after the region.
It's because the Hyksos invaded Egypt from the levant, so the Egyptians felt vulnerable to any invasion from this area .
Issue with that is that we don't really have much pre-kadesh. Kadesh is the earliest battle that we actually know what occurred. The late bronze age collapse wiped away a lot of the history from the region leaving myths, legends, and scattered fragments behind. You could arguably try to do it by taking the old testament and the Iliad and removing anything supernatural from it but those stories are still probably far away from what actually occurred
I'm very sad there are no more Belisarius videos "pls some more food sir".
There will be more for sure :)
@@HistoryMarche you should also do a video on the Battle of Meggido which is according to most historians, the first detailed recorded battle in history.
@@HistoryMarche please do more bronze age and pre Islamic battles like halimas day
The first recorded clash of major militaries, I like it 👍
Two colossi, clashing in what must have seemed the most important battle in the world...and before long it would all be wiped away by the sands of time. A multifaceted mystery we can barely understand almost 4000 years later. What we deem important. It all gets swept away.
Still, they are not forgotten. Even today, we manage to re-discover what our very distant ancestors went through, and we record it for our own descendants. Gone, swept away, but never forgotten.
There have been countless soldigers, all over the world fighting for many different leaders.
Most of them are forgotten now. They all wanted to life, but many never went home.
Fun fact: the famous poem Ozymandias, which is where the concept of even the greatest of figures and empires being swept away by the sands of time originates is actually written about Rameses II. Ozymandias was a name used by Rameses. Shelly wrote it while watching ships unload ancient egyptian cargo in Britain
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings. Look on my works ye mighty and despair."
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Couple points:
1) Hittite sovereignty never extended into Canaan. Upu (the territory around Damascus) is as far south as they reached.
2) At the beginning of the battle, the Hittite chariots that crossed the river probably weren't doing so in order to reconnoiter the Egyptian army. It was a real attack. What we see here is a classic Hittite tactic: attack your enemy while they aren't prepared. The Re division was on the march, out of formation. That's when the Hittites liked to attack.
3) The battle didn't end on the first day. Fighting began again the next day. Neither party could get the upper hand, and so the battle finally ended, with Rameses claiming the Hittite king begged for peace.
4) The Hittite evidence about the results of the battle are clear and credible. The Egyptians lost. By his own account, Rameses retreated all the way back to his capital. Meanwhile, the Hittites kept Kadesh, retook Amurru (which was Muwattalli's stated goal of the campaign), and conquered as far south as Upu (Damascus). Muwattalli's brother, Hattusili, was placed in charge of Upu. (Although Rameses took back the territory a couple years later.) It is later, when Hattusili became king (Hattusili III), that the Hittites and Egyptians sealed their famous treaty. We even have a copy of a letter between Hattusili and Rameses about the battle. Hattusili had heard how Rameses was portraying the battle, and wrote to Rameses to basically call b.s. Rameses wrote back to Hattusili repeating his version of events.
5) Gads, I hate that "long nose" map of the Hittite empire. The empire's territory NEVER looked like that, and yet THAT is the map that has taken over the internet. Not your fault, but that long nose in the west is just a fantasy that doesn't correspond to any period of the empire. Just as an example: We have a copy of the actual the treaty between Muwattalli and Alaksandu of Wilusa (Troy). That covers the northwest. Troops from the Lukka lands (Lycia) fought with Muwattalli at Kadesh. That covers the southwest. The various other Arzawa lands on the central west coast (the "nose", to a greater north/south extent than shown) remained under Hittite control since Mursili II conquered them, with a few typical revolts that were quickly put down. At the time of Muwattalli, only Miletus might have been lost to the Hittites. Again, not your fault, you were just following your sources. Unfortunately, the sources are just plain, demonstrably, wrong.
Nope
Good points overall. Yeah maps in this period are rough to make and generally should be taken with an even bigger grain of salt than usual. #2 is hard to ascertain for certain without a tactical level source from the perspective of Muwatalli's forces. With #4 it is important to remember that during this period battlefield defeat, especially a strategically significant one, was seen as losing massive amounts of favor with the gods. So Rameses kind of had to lie/mislead or else risk being accused of unworthy of his position by the rest of his peers. In fact the account of Kadesh is surprisingly honest about how rough the fight was for his army; as a later EIA comparative the Neo-Assyrians only admitted one defeat in their entire existence and devoted exactly one sentence to the battle (basically laconically noted that Sargon II died). The rest are very formulaic accounts that recount repeated overwhelming tactical victories inspired by Ashur and the rest of the pantheon, even if the results did not make sense on a strategic level.
@@samuellennon1984 "Nope" what?
@@thebabylonian109 #2 True! #4 Yeah, common even up to today. :-) The Hittites were sort-of kind-of better about this than other cultures. The king would occasionally blame his SUBORDINATES for THEIR defeats. :-) There's even a document of Hattusili I, which is a sort of instruction document, called The Siege of Ursu, where the king repeatedly reprimands his officers for their failures, and being the wise military leader that he is, he tells them what they should have done. I have heard an interesting hypothesis about why Rameses would describe his difficulties, although it can only be considered a hypothesis. In Egypt, there was a long tradition, dating back to at least the Narmer palette, of order overcoming chaos, with the pharaoh being the force of order. From this light, Rameses, as the force of order, overcomes the chaos of the battle. Just a hypothesis, but an interesting one.
@@Bramble451 Ahh yes, Gary Beckman's old article. Yeah that Ursu text is hilarious, proper early Hittite stuff there. Yes that thesis makes sense as well, very common in the region (Egyptians/Akkadians/Babylonians/Assyrians all had versions of it) to believe in an inner ordered world v outer chaotic world, so entirely plausible Rameses' peeps tweaked it for his battlefield purposes. :)
Legend says if you watch this video in an Egyptian museum you can still hear Ramses II shouting orders to his troops.
next time im in Egypt i will do that
It never fails to amaze me whenever I read or see a video of ancient Egypt. I'm Egyptian and a history nerd myself so naturally i read all that can be read about ancient Egypt and always up to date, yet when someone mentions a surface level common knowledge or deeply engages in a theoretical debate about the society in these days, I always feel like listening to these things for the first time.
While losses are heavy on the Egyptians as well, the Hittites losses were entirely upon their noble/elite fighters, whose replacement will take many years, if not decades.
Doubtful considering the Hittites raided and plundered the Egyptians main camp. It's important to remember the same writings that they are drawing this order of battle and tactical analysis from is one that describes scenes like Ramses fighting off the Hittite army solo. The story of the battle is peppered hard with Egyptian propaganda
What they couldn't propaganda their way out of though was that if you actually observe it as a campaign in a war the hittites operated like they were the victorious party and Egyptians like the defeated one. The Egyptians withdrew and the the Hittites continued conquering more lands until Egypt reinvaded
Egypt probably lost significant numbers of elite troops surrounding the Pharoah and in the charioteer ranks, but their official descriptions wouldn't mention it since they claimed a victory (a strange "victory" where they flee with their tails between their legs back to Egypt)
@@TheBacknblack92Then why did the Hittites withdraw and lose? 😂😂😂😂😂
@@TheBacknblack92 So, were the heavy chariots driven by pesants and mob? Hmmm....
Excited for this one! Thanks again for making these!
Very interesting and informative video. There are very few high-quality videos about ancient Egypt.
Chad Egyptians vs Virgin Hittites
I love seeing these ancient battles because I don’t see many of them covered by this side of the CZcams history community very much. I would love to see the Battle of Megiddo sometime
Very nice!!! Thanks for bring us more ancient battles :)
I absolutely loved this video!! Ancient history is soo fascinating!
great masterpiece as always, thank you.
OH MY GOD finish the hannibal series i have been waiting for ages
Thank you for a wonderful video!
Beautiful, amazing content, detail is superb quality. Pravo
so fesh to see wars with the battles shown. Keep up the great work
A wonderful historical coverage of that remarkable battle between Hittaites and incent Egyptian 🇪🇬 history Marche channel always sharing informative videos
@HistoryMarche does an amazing job making this content.
Another great video!
Terrific video, as usual!
Absolutely amazing content
Great video as always
great story telling. brings history to life
شكرا على المجهود و شكرا على الترجمة ❤👍
The way Ramses has his divisions approach one by one was a perfect set-up for a defeat in detail. Was there some logistical reason for doing it this way, or was it overconfidence because he thought the Hittites were still far away and unable to attack in time?
He was just doing what Napoleon would perfect three millennia later.
He was tricked by enemy spies, they decried his greatness, and that the king of the Hittites had fled in fear. He was lulled into a false sense of security.
Ramses didnt know that the Hittites were there. The hittites had two spies mislead the Egyptians into believing that the hittites were 200km away
Warfare between empires back then was very much in its infancy compared to what it became. You'd overwhelm the countryside with force and your divisions were usually led by princes or generals who made their own way to the location. The hittites had an advantage in that they were already at the location so their units were all together. The egyptian divisions took different routes and they moved at different speeds relative to their tech and where their individual leaders wanted to go. It's good if you're going to overwealm a region with force but bad if you face a large unified military force
Kadesh was probably one of the largest chariot battles in history and it was a game changer in terms of tactics
From a poem allegedly written by Ramses
"His majesty reached the town of Kadesh... The division of Amon was on the march behind him; the division of Re was crossing the ford in a district south of the town of Shabtuna at the distance of one iter from the place where his majesty was; the division of Ptah was on the south of the town of Arnaim; the division of Set was marching on the road. His majesty had formed the first ranks of battle of all the leaders of his army, while they were [still] on the shore in the land of Amurru."
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Humanity would struggle with defeat in detail for almost 4000yrs after. It's easy for us to talk in hindsight given we know what occurred but a military had to balance protecting against large unified forces and occupying large amounts of territory for resources and to subdue it. When Napoleon initially fought Austria they weren't stupid, they were overconfident and trying to defend the most territory from his approach as possible intending for their reinforcements to come back and aid them. Besides, what ended up destroying Napoleon? Trying to defeat in detail both the british and the Prussians. Instead the British held their ground allowing him to get pressed at waterloo
Units are generally broken up to allow for greater mobility or to cover more ground. It’s easier to manage less men, so smaller units will tend to be faster, almost always.
Ramses likely broke down the units in order to establish control of the area earlier than his opponent. He probably thought the Hittite army was far away and that he could merge his units to a bigger unit in time, if they ever showed up.
How about a video on one of Napoleon's battles? I'd like to know more about his campaigns, and this channel is one of my favorite for military history
Would love to see more ancient Egyptian battles!
I love how you guys segue into an advertisement. It's really good and I'm always impressed with them. I hope they pay good money for those I know I would. Great video, a great way to start my day.
Let’s talk about ad companies and how they’re all scum! CPM, or Cost Per Millie, is an expression meaning ‘how much you charge for 1000 “ad impressions,” which is typically considered 30 seconds.’ CZcams (secretly Google) charges rates of about $1-3, and keep half the money for themselves, with the other half being RPM, or revenue per Millie.
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So, no, they didn’t pay him well. They probably paid him a flat rate based on his sub count, and underbid what they should be paying by at least ten times.
Which is still better than CZcams.
@@demonzabrak You can criticize CZcams all you want but it's their platform. The real problem is with de-monetization of videos that shouldn't be. Fair share sounds good but CZcams isn't a public service and servers don't run or power themselves. I'm not defending CZcams but if you have a better platform idea please make it happen and I'll join. Make it a real one unlike that Truth social network.
@@robertopalomino4604 no, see that’s just it, demonetization isn’t a real problem, it’s a symptom of the problem I just described to you. Videos get demonetized by CZcams, not by companies buying ads time. Those companies can complain about stuff, sure, but CZcams, owned by google, calls all the shots. If they want to say “we’re the biggest media platform so you don’t get to negotiate,” the demonetization and ad revenue problems would just stop, because that’s how monopolies work. No one is really competing with them, because they can’t.
Because of the poor alignment between cost and value, however, no one wants to watch ads. This directly resulted in the “adpocalypse” where people would skip all the ads and install ad blocking software, because their time was being wasted, which they responded to with… more ads, and a premium service model that for sure undervalues the content creators work. They even had to remove features from the platform to amp up the reasons to buy premium.
Telling me to make my own is honestly pretty bizarre. Really, you’re telling me to compete with a billion dollar company, when it in no way affects my livelihood. It affects your favorite CZcams content creators. If CZcams had to pay what my employer did for my attention, instead of the average reported CPM of $2, they would be charging $150. Literally. Why would I EVER watch an ad for CZcams willingly if I get paid 75 times as much per second? Some “fancy” mathematics will tell you I only make $18/hr slumming it in a third shift factory job where all my intellectual properties legally belong to my owners for 6 months after I quit.
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This channel deserves more than 5 million subscribers
As usual, great viewing.
This was the battle portrayed in the film picturing Moses and Rameses 2, when Moses saved Rameses 2 + i think the subsequent peace treaty was the first in history.
Thanks for this.
I really like your channel i have subscribed too! But can you plz announce when the Hannibal series is going to countinue? And will you resume your collab with epic history tv in the napoleon series which will come in future months. Huge fan.great content keep it up 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Why don't you finish a series before doing random videos? I'm waiting on Hannibal series. 😡,
Great video btw , love you 💓
Seti I was an influential pharaoh of the 19th dynasty of ancient Egypt, reigning from around 1290 to 1279 BC. Known for his military prowess and ambitious building projects, he sought to restore Egypt's power and prestige following periods of instability. Seti I initiated significant construction endeavors, most notably the grand temple complex at Abydos, dedicated to Osiris. He also conducted military campaigns to secure Egypt's borders and expand its territories. Seti I's reign is characterized by a resurgence of Egyptian art and architecture, with his mortuary temple showcasing intricate reliefs and inscriptions that provide insights into the religious and political ideologies of his era.
Then the "people of the sea" came and annihilated the Hitties and the entire region powers but Egypt under Ramses the third "not the second" managed to defeat them west of Delta river
Yet Egypt wouldnt really recover to its fullest afterwards..and let's be honest, ramses 3 used alot of propaganda
@A Roman Legionnair The impact of "the people of the sea" was like atomic bomb.. they destroyed lots of towns and turned civilizations into ash.. thats the reason why its so rare today to find monuments of the Hitties ..his victory was critcal if you think about it.. No nation in the east Mediterranean basin survived except Egypt.. what would had happen to the course of history if Egypt lost?!!
@@5cats267 I mean...the period after the bronze age collapse was called the "dark age"(lasted for approx 4 centuries). literary collapsed = no record keeping, art turned primitive and cities went deeper inland for better protection. It just guessing game. Now would Egypt defeat meant a different history today? Maybe. But there just no much proof how Egypt win against the SP actually changed much. Since Egypt itself got hurt pretty badly. Economically and military to have any real influence over geopolitics. They probably were trying to hang on themselves over total collapse. Now, Egypt btw wasnt really the only that survived the sea people. Assyria itself survived, since they were far from the coast and had a good army to protect themselves. But they of course would only survive another century. So after that point only Egypt were still standing. Weak but still there. At least the phoenician got some sweet trade deals out of the chaos am I right??
@@aromanlegionnair5096 This is cycle of history bro.. civilization rise and civilization ruin.. no one keeps on top forever!
@@5cats267 That's is absolutely true
Will the Hannibal series be continued? I loved it so much
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Always History Marche sharing a wonderful videos this video an aliveness sample thanks for sharing...( political history of humanity processed that only strength 💪 are deciding thrones & peoples) thanks for sharing...among Ancient armies chariots acted as nowadays tanks
Proud to be Egyptian, thanks for the awsome video dude❤
Hannibal series 🤔
awesome stuff
Damn that was intense and refreshing
@JZ's BFF that too during bronze age 3296 years ago
That takes some god like skills
When will the next video in the Hannibal series coming? I’m checking everyday for it to come, the anxiousness is real!!
Great job! MORE New Kingdom warfare 💪🏻
Have you guys considered making a video about Stilicho? You have videos about aetius and Majorian so it would finish the trifecta of late Roman military leaders
The 13th century BC was a significant period marked by pivotal events and developments. This era witnessed the decline of the powerful New Kingdom in Egypt, leading to political instability. Meanwhile, the Hittite Empire in Anatolia flourished, establishing itself as a formidable force in the ancient Near East. In Greece, this period is associated with the late Mycenaean civilization, which faced a decline towards its end. Additionally, the 13th century BC is notable for the emergence of influential cultures such as the Shang Dynasty in China and the Olmec civilization in Mesoamerica, laying foundations for subsequent historical and cultural trajectories.
Great video
You should do a video about Assyria
Battle of the 12 armies
Battle of Qarqar or Lachish
Clicked so fast, thank you. More bronze age PLEASE
Hail to the Gods! And ofc the good content 🙂
Thanks!
You bet! Cheers for the tip! Much appreciated!
thanks
Interesting; a leader and his Army, a surprise factor, a POTENTIALLY wise retreat. . 💪💥💯
I hope you continue with the Hannibal parts😘👌🏻
Nice work as always 👍
I'd like to ask about mutah battle
the amount of collabs HistoryMarche and Srpske Bitke have been doing recently is weird, but good. Not often do you see channels that use different languages in their content collaborate on topics. And I get to see some of the best content first in English here and then almost the same content about a week later in Serbian there. I've been really enjoying it.
Srpske bitke is a serbian channel am I right?
@@thatindiandude4602 yes
Sir please make more videos on ancient Indian battles
Your "Ramses II" has a striking similarity to Yul Brenner. Well played.
Очень интересное видео, спасибо
Если не ошибаюсь это был первый договор в истории, который подписали правители
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1) What is the source on the capital moving from Hattusha to Tarhuntassa? I had never heard that theory before from anyone and it would have been rather strange for the Hittite system. If it is info from a more recent text that was unearthed, extremely well done.
2) I know everyone does this, but the color coding of making all Egyptian associated kings/allies one color versus all the Hittite associated kings/allies another is extremely misleading. We know Muwatalli's forces consisted of at least 17 other kings, with him being the MAGNUS.REX (King of Kings) at the head. This was fairly typical of the period; the Hittites and Egyptians did not usually go around culturally "converting" people to their side, but rather negotiated with smaller kings (such as the one at Kadesh) to join their side's deity approved coalition. It was also why these polities tended to fall apart rather quickly, as the allegiances were mostly tied to the man (Muwatalli/Ramesses in this case) instead of the position (MAGNUS.REX and Pharaoh, respectively).
3) Military numbers for this period are virtually impossible to determine for certain due to the core nature of the primary sources, but many scholars believe the 10k Hittite chariot estimate v 2k Egyptian one is some Ramesses sponsored hyperbole. Also how the chariots were exactly used has remained contentious for 150 years of scholarship, but that is a topic for another time.
Not a bad video on a heinously difficult topic to research. I prefer this one to the one K&G launched a little while ago, so excellent job and hopefully you guys will delve further into the LBA/EIA in the future. If you guys want any help from a PhD university trained ancient SW Asian military historian (Neo-Hittite/Neo-Assyrian focus), let me know.
The only source that gives a reason for the move to Tarhuntassa is KUB 1, 1, in which it is stated that Muwatalli II. moved the capital „following the command of his god“. The theory that it was in fact political reasoning that lead to this decision is the traditional one. 1996 Singer published his theory that it was in fact religious reasoning, comparing it to Kar Tukulti Ninurta, Pi Ramesse and Armana. Until Tarhuntassa is found the likelihood of new information regarding this question being found seems rather small to me.
@@mobitouchiha Hmm, interesting. Whether it was more religious or political is probably a matter of semantics to some degree, since the two were so intertwine for the Hittite Great King (as well as most of his known peers). Thank you for the info, always nice to learn something new. :)
funny how ancient egypt can raise armies in the tens of thousands and 2500 years later, the rest of the world fought with a few thousand
well egypt is a very fertile region and thus could support a large population and army
@@Spiderfisch yeah i just think thats cool
Kadesh reminds me of the video game homeworld
HistoryMarche should make a city builder rts
The first recorded battle in history.
The first one recorded in detail.
Make more videos om Egyptian civilization. Especially Pharoah who stood against Prophet Moses
Excellent video as always!
Unrelated** I've been trying to pinpoint our narrator's accent. Anyone have an answer to this question?
HistoryMarche how do you get those animation drawing of historical figures, I'm curious and it is awesome?
Such an interesting time in human history and yet we know very little
The fact that they signed a peace treaty to aid each other against an external force after engaging in a bloody war got to be the biggest BRUH moment ever.
yes, it was a strong power move as in the East a new Empire rises. And maybe Sea People start to harass the trade routes. After the treaty there is no more attacks, until the Bronze Age Collapse (not many years after).
When Rameses chased the fleeing chariots behind Orontes river, Hiittite army could easily make a fake retreat scene. There was a doubt on both group about the reinforcement from Amuru state. Probably, the concept of Fake Retreat was not so much popular at that time, as cavalry unit was not invented. But, the classic ambush of chariots say it all.
3 man chariots are difficult to turn around like that. The hittites had the heavier chariots with larger turn radius. Egyptians had lighter faster ones
It's also important to remember this isnt a battle like a traditional one. It's more like a supreme leader with warlords under him telling them "go get em". Both sides lack real coordination or strategy. You'd have units arriving at random times and people deciding to attack different places without regard to what other units are doing. One unit could be fleeing from the Egyptian military while the other units see that as a perfect opportunity to plunder the camp rather than sandwich the pursuing Egyptian chariots and relieve their comrades
@@TheBacknblack92 also the 3 man chariots could be used as a mix of infantry and mobile archery. One of the man could step out and be more flexible. This could be the reason why the chariots advanced on the fortified camp. By default this should be a stupid idea. But also that means that the focus was not 100% to be mobile but more as a shock force that transforms into a grinder. This could explain also the large amount of chariots lost (one hit wonder).
Does anyone know any videos on how the ancient Egyptians trained/fought?
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Old and gold
When will the next parts of Hannibal come out?
I really miss this narrator saying ancient quotes like , "Minin Ida theo, aquiliea" It sounds so bad ass.
Nice video. I I love this channel a lot . Making a comment to help you defeat stupid algorithms of the youtube
JUST A QUESTION ON THE EGYPT AND THE HITTITES BATTLE OF KADESH DID EITHER SIDE COME A CROSS OTHER GROUPS ON THERE WAY BEFORE AND AFTER THE BATTLE, DID THEY HAVE ANY CONFLICT WITH THE PHILISTINES / MOABITES / AMORITES / ISRAELITES / OR ANY OTHER TRIBES. THANK YOU
The name of music used in the video, please!! Especially in the end.
Ramasis really showed some brilliance and luck he really avoided the teutoberg forest defeat rout and massacre because some elements of his troops where in camp denying the best weapon of the enemy the chariots mobility and and fire and run characteristics if he only more troops committed to the battle he would gave chase to muttawali to the orantus River causing his troops to scramble to the river leaving there heavy equipment and a mass slaughter and drawing but unfortunately the cosmic dice and hand of destiny played its part
'The alliance was meant to last forever' that one cracked me up, as they never do
and still..
Good video. Though you really need to work on the subtitles. There are a lot of spelling errors in them.
Could you possibly make a video about Kosrau anushirawan? Also I loved the Hannibal series
Interestingly enough while the Egyptians made a great deal of their 'victory' at Kadesh, the Hittite brushed it off as a battle not momentus at all. They retained Kadesh which is what they wanted to do.
He was not defeated by the Amorite tribes, allies of the Pharaohs 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Was I the only one waiting for when the crusaders arrive into the scene? XD 1274 AD/BC :S
Rameses looks familiar…. Like a robotic cowboy hunting me
This battle is super old but this was New Kingdom Egypt? Crazy how long ago Egypt was a superpower.
Egypt wasn't a superpower until the New Kingdom. Old Kingdom and Middle Kingdom Egypt were even more heavily localized on the Nile
Nice video. I had heard that this battle ended up inspiring the story of Armageddon in the bible.
6:25 is vizier (minister) a Egyptian or Hittite word? I always thoughy is was of Persian origin?
This reminds me the age of empires 1
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I wonder why Rameses didn't just link up with his other two divisions after the battle and then return to a field that would be harder for chariots to operate in.
why risk everything for little gain
Well, he wouldn't be able to use his own chariots, either. Fact is, Rameses got thrashed, and retreated all the way back to Egypt.
@@Bramble451 Nah your turk king got thrashed and accepted a peace treaty so he doesn’t lose everything as Ramsees logistically couldn’t sustain a long siege any other explanation would mean he didn’t need to accept the peace treaty
@@Omar-df3uk, Muwatalli wasn't a Turk, Ramses literally ran all the way back to the Nile with his tail between his legs, and barely escaped capture
@@TheAchilles26So this empire collapsed 😂😂😂😂😂😂
What are the sources on this battle? I’d like to read them.
You could make a movie about this
I first thought this to be 1274 ad or something but thought it was having Islamic rule and then registered it to be 1274 bc for which am not accustomed to consume history of , it's so admirable to preserve such a historical event .