War & RuptureThe 2nd millennium BCE

War & Rupture in the 2nd millennium BCE

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged war and rupture — wars, invasions, conquests, battles and armed conflict, narrowed to the 2nd millennium BCE — 2 of them, drawn from 2 nations, all of it in 1274 BCE. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
2
Nations
2
Earliest
1274 BCE
Latest
1274 BCE
Africa
1
Asia
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. c. 1274 BCEAfrica

    Egypt

    Battle of Kadesh

    Ramses II confronts the Hittites at Kadesh in Syria; the ensuing accord is among the earliest documented peace treaties.

    Era: The Pharaonic Kingdoms

    Sources: Ancient Egypt: The Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  2. c. 1274 BCEAsia

    Türkiye

    Battle of Kadesh and the Hittite–Egyptian treaty

    The Hittites under Muwatalli II fought Ramesses II of Egypt at Kadesh; the conflict ended in one of history's earliest surviving peace treaties between the two empires.

    Era: Ancient Anatolia: Çatalhöyük, the Hittites and Troy

    Sources: The Hittites · World History Encyclopedia, Anatolia · Encyclopædia Britannica