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4000 BC
 The Hittites settled around Cappadocia in present day Turkey.
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1275 BC
 Pharaoh Ramses II took back the coastal kingdoms of Canaan, Phoenicia and Amarru from their Hittite overlords.
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1274 BC
 Pharaoh Ramses II, in the fifth year of his reign, moved to meet and destroy the forces of the Hittite king, Muwatalli II, grandson of Suppililiumas. Ramses left his mark on a cliff face by the Nahr al Kalb (Dog River) when he marched north from Egypt to battle the Hittites. In the Battle of Kadesh some 70,000-100,000 armed men clashed in fury... The battle lasted two days... and was decisive in that the Hittite advanced no further. The Hittites fought off the invading Egyptians. This reflected the power gained from trading metals abundant in Turkey.
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1272 BC
 Hittite King Muwatalli II died. Ramses II launched his 3rd invasion into the Levant, but was unable to reassert permanent control.
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1267 BC
 Hattusili became king of the Hittites after he deposed his nephew Mursili, the son of King Muwatalli. Mursili fled to Egypt and sought asylum from Ramses II.
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1267 BC
1237 BC		 King Hattusili III ruled the Hittites during this period. He wrote a letter to the king of Ahhiyawa (thought to be Mycenaean Greeks) and mentioned that Wilusa was once a bone of contention.
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1261 BC
 Egyptian and Hittite diplomats concluded the Treaty of Kadesh, the world’s first known int’l. peace accord.
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1248 BC
 Pharaoh Ramses II, about this time, took one of Hittite King Hattusili’s daughters as one of his many wives.
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1200 BC
 The Hittite Empire fell when invading Assyrians sacked and burned their capital, Hattussa (Hattusha).
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