jan 1, 1449 BC - Amenhotep II's First Campaign

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Battles in Syria. The king was well known for his physical prowess and is said to have singlehandedly killed 7 rebel Princes at Kadesh, which successfully terminated his first Syrian campaign on a victorious note.[24] After the campaign, the king ordered the bodies of the seven princes to be hung upside down on the prow of his ship.

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