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===Ramses the Great=== | ===Ramses the Great=== | ||
* reign: 1279–1213 BC | * reign: 1279–1213 BC | ||
* | * ruled for 66 years | ||
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* 3rd ruler of 19th Dynasty, and consolidated power after weakening and collapse of 18th dynasty | * 3rd ruler of 19th Dynasty, and consolidated power after weakening and collapse of 18th dynasty | ||
* moved his capital to "Pi-Ramessess" in the Nile Delta | * moved his capital to "Pi-Ramessess" in the Nile Delta | ||
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** battle indecisive | ** battle indecisive | ||
** resulted in first diplomatic peace treaty | ** resulted in first diplomatic peace treaty | ||
** Ramses returned to Egypt and declared victory | ** Ramses returned to Egypt and declared victory | ||
*** | *** inscriptions at Luxor brag: | ||
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<pre>"His majesty slaughtered the armed forces of the Hittites in their entirety, their great rulers and all their brothers ... their infantry and chariot troops fell prostrate, one on top of the other. His majesty killed them ... and they lay stretched out in front of their horses. But his majesty was alone, nobody accompanied him " </pre> | |||
* source: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesses_II Ramesses II] (wikipedia) | |||
** sources | ** sources | ||
*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kadesh Battle of Kadesh] (wikipedia) | *** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kadesh Battle of Kadesh] (wikipedia) | ||