
Vol 2 Ep 5 - The Hittites
History of the World podcast
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The Battle of Kadesh
The battle of kadesh appears to have taken place in around may 12 74, b c e. It has been speculated by historians that the egyptians may have brought over two thousand chariots to this battle. Some claim that seti the first made a deal with muatali the second, to sed the city of kadesh. The hittites were also being pressurized on a different front by a new rian empire which emerged during the fourteenth century.
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