The expulsion of the Hyksos, Qadash and Majdou .. The most dangerous battles in Pharaonic Egypt
The expulsion of the Hyksos, Qadash and Majdou .. The most dangerous battles in Pharaonic Egypt
Egypt's distinguished strategic location between the continents of the world, the charm of its airspace, its abundance of resources, and the abundance of its resources, has made it the center of the world's eyes since the dawn of history, and the supplication of all those who claim power and wealth. But its sons always confront all the invaders with courage and courage.
In this file, "Cairo Dar" presents the most important battles in the history of ancient Egypt.
► Ahmos and the expulsion of the Hyksos
Ahmus's war against the Hyksos and their expulsion from Egypt were the first known battles in the history of ancient Egypt.
The ancient Egyptian historian Maniton says: "The Hixus surprised the Egyptians and attacked them in large numbers that the Egyptians could not resist. They burnt the cities and temples and swore the women. They entered Egypt and took their capital in the eastern Delta. While southern Egypt and Nubia were under Egyptian rule. "
Ahmuz the armies, 19 years old, led in 1580 BC, and used some modern weapons such as war wheels and joined the army a lot of good people, and went to Zwan, "San Stone now" capital of the Hyksos, and defeated them there and then hit them into Palestine and besieged them in Fort "Sharohen" and reunited there until they surrendered, and the Hyksos did not appear in history.
► Battle of Kadesh
The pharaoh's influence in Asia began to decline in the last age of the 18 kings of the family, as a direct result of the civil unrest in Egypt during the Akhenaten religious revolution at home, making the Hittites exploit these disturbances to make an alliance against the Pharaohs, which they succeeded in. Of their areas of influence in Western Asia, without King Akhenaten stirring.
After the death of Akhenaten, several kings tried to regain Egyptian control of Asia, which they failed, although they re-controlled Egyptian internal affairs, until King Ramses II took power.
Fifty years after the reign of Ramses II of Egypt, he left his armies from the border fortress of Tharu. One month later, he arrived at the outskirts of the city of Kadesh at the junction of the Orontes River with one of his branches.
The army was made up of four corps, namely the "Amon, Baara, Ptah, and West", the names of the great gods, while the king, "Maatatli" the King of the Hittites, assembled a strong army and took the old Kadesh as a center for his armies.
King Ramses II was an army camp near Kadesh, which was on the march of a day. Two Bedouin men entered the camp claiming that they were fleeing the army of King Hitti. They told him that the king of the Hittites was still on the site.
The Bedouin were only spies. Ramses rushed to the Amon Brigade and across the Orontes River. He set up his camp waiting for the rest of the army to arrive. His army captured two enemy soldiers and scouted them. The armies of the Hittites were on their way to crossing the Orontes River and the surprise of the army. The Egyptian is there.
Indeed, half of the Hittite army crossed the river. They surprised Ramesses the Second, attacking the Ra Corps and destroying it, thus cutting off the connection between Ramses and the rest of his leg. The army then turned on his war serpents and continued his advance and attacked the Amon Corps, which lost many of its soldiers.
Ramses himself launched an attack against the Hittites, where he walked a narrow passage through the army to wrap around the Hittites and drove them up to the river. The moment was the arrival of supplies from his troops from Amor, an ancient civilization that was located in the Levant. And found themselves trapped, forcing them to leave their warships and swim in the river Osi in front of the pharaohs attack.
After fierce battles between the two sides, and the heavy losses suffered by them, the parties agreed to reconcile.
► Battle of Megiddo
After the death of Egypt's Queen Hatshepsut, he was succeeded by Tuthmosis the Third. Egypt ruled 32 years, during which he led 16 military campaigns to consolidate Egypt's power.
Tuthmosis the Third is one of Egypt's greatest military and political kings. One of the most famous battles is the battle of Megiddo.
After Thutmose III learned that Amir Kadesh came to the city of Megiddo and gathered about 230 Emirs with their armies and camped there, to stop his advance, Tuthmosis the Third moved on top of his army until he reached the area of Megiddo between Gaza and one of the cities at the foot of Mount Carmel.
Tuthmosis the Third held a war council with its officers. There were three ways to reach Megiddo, two of them on the foot of Mount Carmel, and the third a narrow passage, but directly to Megiddo.
Tuthmosis the Third decided to take the army from the third corridor in an adventure that later turned the battle scales into one of the most dangerous adventures of armies in the ancient world.
The enemy forces were stationed at the end of two broad roads, believing that the Egyptian army would come from one or both. At the dawn of the following day, King Tuthmosis III ordered the army to prepare for the surprise attack.
The forces of King Tuthmosis attacked and were on their heads, where the enemy carried out a sweeping attack, lost their balance until their armies became chaotic. The commanders of the armies and the Saraya began to flee, leaving behind their vehicles and their camp full of spoils.
Because of the Egyptian army's preoccupation with collecting spoils, Asians fled to the city and fortified it.
The city of Megiddo was completely fortified, forcing Tuthmosis the Third to the Magdou siege for seven months until the princes surrendered and sent their children carrying the weapons to be handed over to King Thutmose III.
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