Ramesses II, Egypt's Ultimate Pharaoh

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Contents
Preface
List of Figures
Abbreviations
Chronology
Ancient Dates and Chronology
Map of Egypt and Nubia
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Rise of the Ramessides: The Reigns of Ramesses I and Sety I
Chapter Three: Crown Prince Ramesses and His Career under Sety I
Chapter Four: The Early Reign of Ramesses II
Chapter Five: The Battle of Kadesh
Chapter Six: Great of Victories: Ramesses II’s Later Wars
Chapter Seven: All the King’s Wives: Ramesses II’s Royal Women
Chapter Eight: The Royal Children and Their Ideological Role
Chapter Nine: The Path to Peace: International Diplomacy and the End of the Egyptian-Hittite Conflict
Chapter 10: The Silver Treaty: The Egyptian-Hittite Peace Accords
Chapter Eleven: Peace and Brotherhood:D iplomatic Relations between the Egyptian and Hittite Courts
Chapter Twelve: A Time of Wonders: The Earliest Royal Jubilees of Ramesses II and the First Hittite Marriage Alliance
Chapter Thirteen: Ramesses, the Great God
Chapter Fourteen: Rich in Years: Monumental Construction and Hittite Relations in the Jubilee Period
Chapter Fifteen: Twilight of the Great God: Ramesses II’s Last Years and His Descendants
Chapter Sixteen: Afterlife: The Legacy of Ramesses II, a Paragon of Pharaonic Kingship
Glossary
Bibliography
Index