Has His Majesty gone on another road because he is afraid of us?'" The pharaoh's appeal to honor and boldness carried the day. The entire army followed him through the pass.
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The place
Karnak Temple Complex
Thutmose III's Annals: The Napoleon of Egypt
The first battle recorded in detail — and its name echoes in the Book of Revelation
New Kingdom (c. 1457 BC)Karnak Temple Complex
Moral of the Story
“Bold leadership and calculated risk can achieve what cautious consensus cannot, and the echoes of a single battle can resound for millennia.”
Characters
T
Thutmose IIIK
King of KadeshE
Egyptian generalsC
Canaanite coalitionSource
Lichtheim, M. Ancient Egyptian Literature, Vol. II. Univ. of California Press, 1976; Cline, Eric H. The Battles of Armageddon, 2000