RAMSES II AND THE HITTITE KING'S TREATY OF PEACE

"Ramses II (1301-1325) and Hattusil, the Hittite king (around 1280 BC) signed a treaty of 'peace and fraternity' based on the principle of reciprocity . This same Ramses, surrounded by Hittites at Kadesh, an ancient Syrian town near Homs, reportedly triumphed singlehanded , 'having no army with him,' thanks to the help of his father Amon. "At stake was the maintenance of his hegemony in the Syrian corridor. With this peace treaty between black Egyptians and Indo-European Hittites, international law was born. "Egypt taught Asia improved techniques of stone sculpture, drawing, painting, and architectural construction at a time when the magical prestige of Egyptian art was all-pervasive , as the prince of Byblos attested before Wenamun. In effect, the arts and sciences (geometry, astronomy, philosophy, religion, writing) originated in black Egypt. They then spread outward to influence and educate the ancient Mediterranean world. "Neither Plato nor Aristotle ever denied Egyptian anteriority. "But in the teeth of the evidence, some modern philologists have performed incredible acrobatic distortions to skew the historical record." P.296-297, "Ancient Egyptian Geography: The Near East," AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY: THE PHARAONIC PERIOD 2780-330 BC, by Dr. Theophile Obenga (2006)