Une histoire de Babylone à partir de la fondation de la monarchie à la conquête perse . du roi en ce moment. Voir le joint torique pour lui-même à la troisième personne dit-il, le greatking, pour le bien de sa fille, a donné au pays un nouveau ofMitanni EFU. ^ Il n'a pas été jusqu'au règne d'INIursil Shubbiluliuma sonof, un plus jeune, que l'Empire hittite s'intoarmed conflit avec l'Égypte. Un changement de dynastie dans Wiuckler 1 Cf., Mitteil. d. Deutsch. Orient-Gesellschaft, n° 35, p. 36. Les KASSITES UNDEK 235 le dernier pays, et la restauration de sa vieille religion,avait renforcé le gouvernement, et

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A history of Babylon from the foundation of the monarchy to the Persian conquest . of the Hittite king at this time. Refer-ring to himself in the third person he says, The greatking, for the sake of his daughter, gave the country ofMitanni a new Ufe. ^ It was not until the reign of INIursil, a younger sonof Shubbiluliuma, that the Hittite empire came intoarmed conflict with Egypt. A change of dynasty in 1 Cf. Wiuckler, Mitteil. d. Deutsch. Orient-Gesellschaft, No. 35, p. 36. UNDEK THE KASSITES 235 the latter country, and the restoration of her old religion, had strengthened the government, and now led torenewed attempts on her part at recovering her lostterritory. On the first occasion the Hittites weredefeated by Seti I. in the north of Syria, and Egyptreoccupied Phoenicia and Canaan. Later on, probablyin the reign of Mutallu, JNIursils son, Rameses II.attempted to recover Northern Syria. At the battle ofKadesh, on the Orontes, he succeeded in defeating theHittite army, though both sides lost heavily and at anearly stage of the fight Rameses himself was in imminent. Fig. 55.transverse section of the lower western gateway at khatti. The exterior projection of each flanking tower beyond the wall is indicated inthe diagram. [After Puchstein.] danger of capture. Episodes in the battle may still beseen pictured in relief on the temple-walls at Luxor, Karnak and Abydos.^ The Egyptian war was continued with varyingsuccess, though it is certain that the Hittites were The disastrous opening of the battle was largely due to the over-confidenceof Rameses and his complete miscalculation of the enemys strength andresources ; for the Egyptians had never yet met so powerful an enemy as theHittites proved themselves to be. With the help of the reliefs it is possibleto follow the tactics of the opposing armies in some detail. The accompany-ing inscriptions are very fragmentary, but they are supplemented by ahistorical account of the battle, introducing a poem in celebration of theval

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