Battle of Megiddo
battle · 1457 BC
Battle of Megiddo, a battle recorded 1457 BC: its site mapped, cited to 1 source, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.
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At a glance
- Kind
- battle
- Date
- 1457 BC
- Side 1
- Egypt — led by Thutmose III
- Side 2
- Canaanite coalition — led by King of Kadesh
- Result
- Egyptian victory
Recorded boundaries
| Period | Control | Confidence | Evidence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1457 BC | — | medium confidence | no observation date recorded | The earliest battle recorded in detail, in the annals carved at Karnak. The year follows the commonly used chronology and may be out by a few decades. |
Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.
Sources
- Tony Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century, (2007)