Akash's Victory At Kadesh
In the 19th Dynasty of the New Kingdom, our great and benevolent Ramesses II ruled not only Egypt, but other Asiatic colonies to the North and to the East. I, Akash, am a royal scribe that has been tasked in foretelling the facts that not only led to our Pharaoh’s glorious victory at Kadesh, but as well as his massive state-building projects that will remain standing for decades. Throughout the Egyptian lands, with Nubia, Kush, and Elephantine in the South to Ramesseum in the North near Luxor, the Great God-King has established his rule which can only be blessed from the great Sun-God Ra and the Sun-Disk Amun-Re. While living as an Egyptian citizen was quite divine and luxurious, several enslaved nations such as the Assyrians, the Sea Peoples,
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Throughout Egyptian royal history, Ramesses II will be regarded as one of the most notorious, wealthiest, and most tactful even more-so than Seti, Thutmoses III, and Akhenaten. While his victory at Kadesh is well known, our great God-King ventured into diplomatic affairs with the states of Libya, Nubia, and Kush while at the same time using his military prowess to continue a Syrian invasion as well as end protests in the Southern Kingdoms of Nubia and Kush. Ramesses used slaves from these conquered lands of Syria, the Hititties, the Elamites, as well as other Levantine states to erect massive temples and shrines in his holiness’ name. These sites are located in Abu Simbel, which is located in the South mainly to show the people of Kush that Ramesses may die but he will leave your lands. However, the most significant out of all of his state-building sites were at the cities of Luxor and Karnak which bordered the Blue Nile. The decision to build his massive temples at Luxor however were based on our God-King’s wrath toward Akhenaten and his cultic worship. Lastly, the man made city on the Nile River delta of Ramesseum was Ramesses greatest achievement because it was a city that not only shares his royal name and name of the Pharaohs that will come after but the city itself was built exclusively for Ramesses unlike Luxor and
Throughout Egyptian royal history, Ramesses II will be regarded as one of the most notorious, wealthiest, and most tactful even more-so than Seti, Thutmoses III, and Akhenaten. While his victory at Kadesh is well known, our great God-King ventured into diplomatic affairs with the states of Libya, Nubia, and Kush while at the same time using his military prowess to continue a Syrian invasion as well as end protests in the Southern Kingdoms of Nubia and Kush. Ramesses used slaves from these conquered lands of Syria, the Hititties, the Elamites, as well as other Levantine states to erect massive temples and shrines in his holiness’ name. These sites are located in Abu Simbel, which is located in the South mainly to show the people of Kush that Ramesses may die but he will leave your lands. However, the most significant out of all of his state-building sites were at the cities of Luxor and Karnak which bordered the Blue Nile. The decision to build his massive temples at Luxor however were based on our God-King’s wrath toward Akhenaten and his cultic worship. Lastly, the man made city on the Nile River delta of Ramesseum was Ramesses greatest achievement because it was a city that not only shares his royal name and name of the Pharaohs that will come after but the city itself was built exclusively for Ramesses unlike Luxor and