Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty

Name: Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty
Start: -1259
Location: Hattusa and Pi-Ramesses

c. 1259 BC · Hattusa and Pi-Ramesses · Middle East · Politics

The oldest surviving peace treaty, in both sides' versions

Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty — Wikimedia Commons

Around 1259 BC, some fifteen years after the Battle of Kadesh, Ramesses II and the Hittite king Hattusili III made an 'eternal' peace and alliance. Both versions survive: the Egyptian one on temple walls and the Hittite one on cuneiform tablets from Hattusa.

State: Hittites, New Kingdom of Egypt

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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)

Africa

c. 1264 BC Temples of Abu Simbel — 5 years earlier

Asia

c. 1250 BC Oracle bone inscriptions — 9 years later

Alive at the time

Ramesses II (aged 44)
Nefertari (aged 41)