HISTORY
THE ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST AND EGYPT 3200 BC500 BC
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the Persians and the Egyptians.
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the Assyrians and the Sumerians.
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the Israelites and the Babylonians.
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the Hittites and the Egyptians.
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Detailed explanation-1: -This Kadesh Peace Treaty is a copper replica of the original which is the oldest known peace treaty. The original clay tablet treaty, dated 1269 BC, was signed by Hattusilli III, King of the Hittites, and Ramses, Pharaoh of the Egyptians.
Detailed explanation-2: -The treaty was negotiated by intermediaries without the two monarchs ever meeting in person. Both sides had common interests in making peace; Egypt faced a threat from the “Sea Peoples, ‘’ while the Hittites were concerned about Assyria to the east.
Detailed explanation-3: -Fifteen years after the battle, the Egyptians and Hittites signed a treaty to end the long war between the two groups. Known as the Eternal Treaty (or the Treaty of Kadesh), this agreement is the first of its kind in history, with surviving documents from both sides.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1274 BCE, the Hittites fought against the Egyptians in one of the earliest pitched battles in recorded history, the Battle of Kadesh. The lands of Canaan were critical to both the Hittite and the ancient Egyptian empires.