Ramesses II: The Battle Of Kadesh

Ramesses II

The battle of Kadesh started just five years after Ramesses II started ruling Egypt. This battle lead to Ramesses II first peace treaty.

A battle broke out in the fifth year of Ramesses II reign. Egypt and Hittites were fighting for a place called Syria. It was unknown how many soldiers were fighting in the battle. Some believe that Ramesses II had 20,000 soldiers on foot, and Muwatalli, of Hittites, had 37,000 soldiers and 3,500 chariots. The kingdom that broke out winner was Hittites. After this battle of Kadesh peace regained between Egypt and Hittites and the pharoahs recorded a peace treaty. Ramesses II was not only impactful by his battles, he was also into architecture which resulted in the erection of more monuments than any other Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh.

Many of his monuments are still standing in Egypt today. One of these monuments is called The Pylon. The Pylon shows images of the Kadesh war and the peace treaty that followed. Other images in The Pylon show that Ramesses II wanted to be remembered for his impact in the military, the politics of his country, and his religious beliefs. He had such a big impact to the Egyptian society that a 56 foot statue of himself was built. Today only parts of it remain. One monument that did not remain was The Ramesseum, which

His father was pharaoh Sethi I And his mother was Queen Tuya. He was named after his grandfather Ramesses I. Ramesses had an older brother who died at the age of 14 which made Ramesses II next in line to be pharaoh of Egypt. That happened when his father died and he became pharaoh at age 25. He had many, wives including Nebettawy, Henutmire, Meritamen, Maathorne, Bintanath, Isetnofret, and Nefertari. He also had many children. He had at least 48 sons and 40 daughters. He was known as Ramesses the Great and was the third pharaoh of the 19th dynasty of Egypt. He died at the age of 90 in 1213 B.C Ramesses grew up to be a great and powerful