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Conflict Middle East

Egyptian–Hittite Wars

1274 BCE – 1259 BCE · 15 years

The culmination of two centuries of rivalry for the Levant. The Battle of Kadesh was the largest chariot battle ever fought. The conflict ended with history's oldest surviving peace treaty.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • New Kingdom Egypt (Ramesses II)
  • Hittite Empire (Muwatalli II)

Key moments

Defining events in the Egyptian–Hittite Wars.

  1. 1274 BC Battle of Kadesh
  2. 1259 BC Egyptian-Hittite Peace Treaty

Elsewhere in Middle East at the time

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Abu Simbel

1264 BCE – still standing

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Attested 3000 BCE – 2026 CE

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Nile River Trade

3000 BCE – 30 BCE

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Elamite–Babylonian Wars

1764 BCE – 1150 BCE

Landmark · Middle East

Great Pyramid of Giza

2560 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Saba

Attested 1500 BCE – 100 BCE

Trade route · Middle East

Mesopotamian Trade Network

3000 BCE – 500 BCE

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Kassite Conquest of Babylon

1595 BCE – 1155 BCE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1274 BCE and 1259 BCE.

1264 BCE Abu Simbel

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE Lapita Expansion (Western Polynesia) Trade route · Oceania 1500 BCE – 500 BCE Moses Figure · Egypt / Sinai / Canaan 1391 BCE – 1271 BCE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing Chorrera Polity · Americas 1500 BCE – 100 BCE
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