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Ramses the Great's Hittite Peace Treaty: The World's First
After decades of war, Ramses II and Hittite king Hattusili III carved out history's first surviving peace treaty. Written in Akkadian cuneiform and Egyptian hieroglyphs, this silver-tablet agreement ended the conflict over Kadesh, established extradition protocols, and even settled a succession crisis. Lucas and Luna explore the realpolitik behind the treaty—how a famine, a shared enemy (Assyria), and a clever marriage sealed the deal. They also unpack the treaty's discovery in the Hittite capital Hattusa and its eerie echoes in modern diplomacy. A story of empires choosing…
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