Why is the Battle of Kadesh significant?
In one of the world’s largest chariot battles, fought beside the Orontes River, Pharaoh Ramses II sought to wrest Syria from the Hittites and recapture the Hittite-held city of Kadesh. … The battle led to the world’s first recorded peace treaty. Who won Battle of Kadesh? Ramses II led his forces into an ambush by…