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  • pfdietz48 minutes ago
    Egypt and the Hittites were now concerned with the rise of Assyria.<p>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.
  • JoeAltmaier15 minutes ago
    Note the Treaty of Ebla and Abarsal, from about 2350 BCE, exists in scores of clauses on a tablet.
  • doebler1 hour ago
    &gt; The country of Egypt and the country of Hatti [Hittite Empire] will be forever in a state of peace.<p>Wonder how long it lasted?<p>Edit: turns out it lasted until the Hittite empire collapsed 80 years later, so in a sense indeed &quot;forever&quot;.
    • wahern56 minutes ago
      FWIW, the longest peace treaty lasted approximately 700 years, from the 7th to 14th centuries: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Baqt" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Baqt</a>
      • domh14 minutes ago
        The longest alliance still in force is the Anglo-Portuguese alliance which was signed in 1386!<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Anglo-Portuguese_Alliance" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Anglo-Portuguese_Alliance</a>