Stock Photo - Ramesses II receiving a copy of his treaty with the Hittites, the earliest known peace treaty in world history, known as the Egyptian - Hittite peace treaty, the Eternal Treaty or the Silver Treaty. The treaty was signed in 1258 BC to end a long war between the Hittite Empire and the Egyptians. Ramesses II, c. 1303 - 1213 BC, aka Ramesses the Great. Third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. After the painting by Allan Stewart, (1865-1951). From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

Stock Photo: Ramesses II receiving a copy of his treaty with the Hittites, the earliest known peace treaty in world history, known as the Egyptian - Hittite peace treaty.

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