Battle of Kadesh
A chariot stalemate leads to one of the first peace treaties
The armies of Ramesses II and the Hittite king Muwatalli II clashed at Kadesh in perhaps the largest chariot battle ever fought. It ended inconclusively and later led to one of the earliest known peace treaties.
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Fifteen years after the Battle of Kadesh, Egypt and the Hittites signed one of the oldest known peace treaties. A copy hangs at UN headquarters.
Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Africa
- c. 1264 BC Temples of Abu Simbel — 10 years later
Asia
- c. 1250 BC Oracle bone inscriptions — 24 years later
Alive at the time
- Ramesses II (aged 29)
- Nefertari (aged 26)