Battle of Megiddo
Egypt takes the Levant in the first battle recorded in detail
Pharaoh Thutmose III defeated a coalition of Canaanite kings and took Megiddo after a siege, securing Egyptian power in the Levant. It is the first battle recorded in detail in historical sources.
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Alive at the time
- Thutmose III (aged 24)