End of 5th century AD. Deatail from a freize showing the Battle of Kadesh (Qadesh) between the Egyptian Empire under Ramesses II and the Hittite Empire under Muwatalli II at the city of Kadesh on the Orontes River, near the modern Syrian-Lebanese border dated to 1274 BC. It was the largest chariot battle ever fought, involving perhaps 5,000愺6,000 chariots.