One of history's first battles told blow-by-blow
Under Thutmose III (reigned c. 1479-1425 BCE), Egypt reached its greatest extent ever, stretching from the Euphrates in the north to deep into Nubia in the south. His victory at Megiddo around 1457 BCE was recorded by his military scribe on the walls of the Karnak temple in such tactical detail that it is often called the earliest battle in history for which a step-by-step account survives.
How we know
Thutmose III reigned c. 1479-1425 BCE (conventional Egyptian chronology); Battle of Megiddo dated to 9 May 1457 BCE per the Karnak Annals inscribed by the army scribe Tjaneni; empire's greatest extent (Euphrates to Nubia) under Thutmose III; widely cited as the earliest battle with a surviving detailed account.
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