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• 1269 BC - Ramses II, king of ancient EgyptAncient Egypt (also see Ancient Egyptian) was the civilization of the Nile Valley between about 3000 BC and the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great in 332 BC. As a civilization based on irrigation it is the quintessential example of an hydraulic empi, and Hattusilis III , king of the HittitesHittites is the conventional English-language term for an ancient people who spoke an Indo-European language and established a kingdom centered in Hattusa (the modern village of Bogazkoy in todays's north-central Turkey), through most of the second millen, sign the earliest known peace treatyA peace treaty is an agreement between two hostile parties, usually countries or governments, that formally ends a war or armed conflict. One of the earliest recorded peace treaties was between the Hittite and Egyptian empires after the Battle of Kadesh c.
• The approximate date traditionally offered for the exodusThis article is about the second book in the Torah. For other uses of the name, see Exodus (disambiguation The name Exodus refers to the book which comes second both in the Torah (the five books of Moses) and also in the Tanakh (the Old Testament of the B of the Israelites from EgyptJumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah ( In Detail) Official language Arabic Capital Cairo Largest City Cairo President Hosni Mubarak Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif Area Total % water Ranked 29th 1,001,450 km² 0. 6% Population Total (2003) Density Ranked 15th 74,718,797 under the leadership of MosesSee also Exodus Moses or Moshe "Drawn", Standard Hebrew Moše Tiberian Hebrew Mošeh , son of Amram and his wife, Jochebed, a Levite. Legendary Hebrew liberator, leader, lawgiver, prophet, and historian. If he is a historical figure, he may have.

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