Kadesh (Extinct city)
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Name (Hebrew)
קדש (ארנת) (עיר קדומה)
Name (Latin)
Kadesh (Extinct city)
Other forms of name
Qadesh (Extinct city)
Qanta (Extinct city)
Qadesh-on-the-Orontes (Syria)
Coordinates
36.5196 36.5196 34.55781 34.55781 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Extinct cities Syria
See Also From tracing place name
Syria
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q690035
Library of congress:
sh2002009972
Sources of Information
- Col. gazetteer of the world.
- GEONet, Oct. 9, 2002(Kadesh, variant Qadesh)
Wikipedia description:
Kadesh, or Qadesh, was an ancient city of the Levant on or near the headwaters or a ford of the Orontes River. It was of some importance during the Late Bronze Age and is mentioned in the Amarna letters. It was the site of the Battle of Kadesh between the Hittite and Egyptian empires in the 13th century BC.
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