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 BCE — Africa:

    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 BCE — Asia:

    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