Name: The Battle of Kadesh
Channel: Elvis Bergero
Description: License options are available for this song. Destinated to our 'Time Traveller', is a classical composition, a soundtrack-intended instrumental track vaguely in the style of Danny Elfman.

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Destinated to our 'Time Traveller', is a classical composition, a soundtrack-intended instrumental track vaguely in the style of Danny Elfman.

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The Wimshurst's Machine

An italian 8 members chillout orchestra who plays a mix of electronic and acoustic chillout music with ambient, jazz and new age influences.

"...It is easy to imagine yourself peacefully lounging in a scenic land while listening to these compositions, which use a wide array of acoustic instrumentation backed by ambient electronica." : we reached (#26 overall) on iTunes Italian online music store between january 6 and 13, 2005 (since january, official iTunes release date, never went out from the Top100), and had a song (, our 1st CD and , our 2nd one. Check out our link section for a direct link on those albums pages on iTunes! as "Best Instrumental Artist"! Thank you, everyone, for this result! :-)

Song Info

Genre

Beats • Beats General

Charts

#62,028 in subgenre Peak #36

Charts

Peak #94

Author

Elvis Bergero

Rights

2005 by The Wimshurst's Machine

Uploaded

October 11, 2005

Track Files

MP3

MP3 2.1 MB • 128 kbps • 2:20

Story behind the song

Destinated to our "Time Traveller", is a classical composition, a soundtrack-intended instrumental track vaguely in the style of Danny Elfman.

This track is born as part of the major opera who is our 3rd CD, "Time Traveller" and is getting the title from an historical event: a great battle of thr ancient history between Hittites and the Egyptians of Ramses II, a battle between the two greatest Powers of their times near the independent city-state of Kadesh, also spelled "Qadesh" (one of the border "neutral" countries who played with the dangerous political game to change the allied great power accordingly with the nearest army who would menace the city).
While Ramses claimed it as a great Egyptian victory, moden history reports it as a major draw or a "Pirric Victory" at the very best. 
But the most important result of this battle was the very first written peace treaty in human history, and that peace endured for nearly half a century.
Almost unbelievable, for ancient times.
Well, actually almost unbelievable also for modern times, if you think that in the last two centuries it happened just from the end of World War II to present day, limited to just some Western Country such The Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden or Belgium and a few others.

The treaty bond that was established was inscribed on a silver tablet, of which a clay copy survives.
An enlargement of the clay tablet hangs on a wall at the headquarters of the United Nations, as one of the earliest international peace treaties.

More info about the battle about the Battle of Kadesh (also spelled as The Battle of Qadesh):

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/b/ba/battle_of_kadesh.htm

Lyrics

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