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Which Hittite king made peace with Ramses II?
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Ramses II
A larger-than-life Ramses II towering over his prisoners and clutching them by the hair. Limestone bas-relief from Memphis, Egypt, 1290–24 bce; in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
The Hittite king who made peace with Ramses II was Hattusilis III.
Following years of intermittent hostilities and a stalemate between the two powers, the two leaders concluded a formal peace treaty in the 21st year of Ramses II's reign (c. 1258 BCE). This agreement, which is the first known peace treaty in history, established a nonaggression pact, a mutual alliance against external and internal threats, and provisions for the extradition of fugitives. The relationship between the two nations subsequently became friendly, a bond further solidified when Ramses II married a daughter of Hattusilis III in 1245 BCE.1234