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NSWAncient HistorySection II (Ancient Societies): New Kingdom Egypt during the Ramesside period
Quick questions on Pharaoh, government and the army in Ramesside Egypt (HSC Ancient History Section II)
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Ramesses II projected his royal image above all as a warrior-king. Temple pylons and walls at Abu Simbel, Luxor, Karnak and the Ramesseum are covered with reliefs of the Battle of Kadesh (c. 1274 BC), showing the king alone in his chariot, bow drawn, routing masses of fleeing Hittite chariots beneath the walls of Kadesh. Accompanying texts, the Kadesh Poem and the shorter Kadesh Bulletin, describe Ramesses as abandoned by his own troops and single-handedly driving the Hittite chariotry into the Orontes river.
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