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Kadesh treaty is the earliest surviving peace agreement

Egypt and the Hittites sealed their agreement in writing around 1259 BCE After a costly battle at Kadesh, Pharaoh Ramesses II and Hittite king Hattusili III concluded a treaty of alliance and mutual aid. Versions survive on clay tablets in Akkadian and carved on the walls of Egyptian temples. A copy of the tablet is displayed at the United Nations headquarters in New York. It sits in Mondo's history collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Egypt and the Hittites sealed their agreement in writing around 1259 BCE. The figure is taken from UNESCO World Heritage Centre, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a history fact?: Yes. It sits on the History shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.