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▲Fragment of oldest known peace treaty found in Turkey (livescience.com)
pfdietz 3 hours ago [-]
Egypt and the Hittites were now concerned with the rise of Assyria.

All would suffer in the late Bronze Age (LBA) collapse, 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.

JoeAltmaier 3 hours ago [-]
Note the Treaty of Ebla and Abarsal, from about 2350 BCE, exists in scores of clauses on a tablet.
doebler 4 hours ago [-]
> 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 3 hours ago [-]
FWIW, the longest peace treaty lasted approximately 700 years, from the 7th to 14th centuries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baqt
domh 3 hours ago [-]
The longest alliance still in force is the Anglo-Portuguese alliance which was signed in 1386!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Portuguese_Alliance

potatosalad99 25 minutes ago [-]
I remember this campaign from Age of Empires
Razengan 52 minutes ago [-]
Somewhat in the similar vein: Irving Finkel reads the Pharaoh's private mail (from the -14th century) :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MZq_ZQDhJA

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