19 points gmays 4 hours ago 3 comments
doebler 39 minutes ago | parent
> The country of Egypt and the country of Hatti [Hittite Empire] will be forever in a state of peace.
Wonder how long it lasted?
Edit: turns out it lasted until the Hittite empire collapsed 80 years later, so in a sense indeed "forever".
wahern 22 minutes ago | parent
FWIW, the longest peace treaty lasted approximately 700 years, from the 7th to 14th centuries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baqt
pfdietz 14 minutes ago | parent
Egypt and the Hittites were now concerned with the rise of Assyria.
All would suffer in the late Bronze Age collapse (LBA), with the Hittite empire collapsing soon after a string of three drought years about half a century after the treaty. Egypt and Assyria, at least, would persist in truncated form, with the latter rising to new heights of power in the Iron Age.