Ramses 11: The Battle Of Kadesh

Witnessing Moses part the Red Sea wasn’t the only amazing thing Ramses the Second did. Ramses the Second was known throughout history to be one of the best Pharaohs that ever ruled over Egypt. His master architecture skills and warlike hero aspects gave him the name Ramses the Great. Ramses the Second was an excellent war hero, architect, and very skilled at making the economy of Egypt thrive. Many of his amazing temples and statues still amaze people today.

Ramses 11 was a wonderful pharaoh, but nobody really knows what he did before he was in control of Egypt. In 1303 BC, Seth 1 and Queen Ruya gave birth to a child. (Kenneth pg 6) Even though Queen Tuya didn’t like it, Sethi 1 named their child Ramses 11. (Kenneth pg 6) Ramses 11 often hung

(Roberts pg 61) After defeating pirates that took over the delta region, Ramses 11 vowed to protect Egypt’s borders. (Dorman pg 9) Since Ramses wanted to take over the city of kadesh again, a problem between Egypt and the Hittite Empire. (Morkot pg 59) It came to his attention that Muwatallis, the leader of the Hittite kingdom, was making an army of thirty five thousand soldiers, and seven thousand chariots. (Roberts pg 61) “Ramses was afraid that the Hittites were planning an attack on Egypt, so he gathered his own forces and set out for Kadesh to meet them.” (Roberts pg 61) Ramses’ army and chariots were also named after Ptah, Seth, Re, and Amon, which were gods. “The Egyptian army crossed the desert in thirty days and camped several miles outside of Kadesh. Eager to take over kadesh, which he believed was held by only a small force, Ramses set out for the city at the head of Amon, leaving his troops to catch up.” (Morkot pg 59) Luckaly, two Hittite spies were caught on the way to the city. They confessed that the whole Hittite army is placed just east of Kadesh: Ramses fell into a trap. (Dorman pg 9) the division of Re was just coming up to support Ramses and his officers as they quickly tried to make plans, but they were overwhelmed by the thousands of Hittite chariots that came towards them. (Ancient Egypt online pg

Moses returns to Egypt and fails to convince Ramses to release them.” (Tiano pg 27) God gave Egypt ten different plagues, but the last one finally convinced Ramses. Confident that the plagues convinced him, Moses and his brother, Aaron, took the Israelites and escaped. When the Israelites left, Ramses changed his mind and sent out and chased them to the Red Sea. God helped Moses part the Red Sea and the Israelites and Ramses’ army walked below the body of water. God once again moved the Red Sea, this time, closing in a killing almost all of the Egyptian army, but Ramses 11 escaped death and walked back to Egypt. (Tiano pg 28) From thence on, Ramses the Great only used paid workers to build Egypt, instead of slaves. From building breathtaking temples and making Egypt’s economy thrive, to being one of the greatest Egyptian war heros, Ramses the Second is truly a fantastic pharaoh. I see why so many people visit Egypt just to go and see one of his amazing builds. I find it fascinating that Ramses only had paid workers building his temples and structures except for the Israelites. I found out that his famous Battle of Kadesh, was actually half wrong, for he lied about his victory over the Hittites. After that, I find it amazing that he and the Hittite king signed the first ever peace treaty. I adore his towering