Introduction

     Ramesses II was a great pharaoh who ruled Egypt from 1279 BC-1213 BC for 66 years which was one of the longest reigns. The first thing that comes to your mind about pharaohs of Egypt is Ramesses II. Ramesses II had built many monuments to prove all his significance. Ramesses II led many successful campaigns to expand his empire into neighboring lands. So the neighboring countries had conflicts with Ramesses II. He was born in 1300 BC as scion of the 19th dynasty and died at 1213 BC. He lived to be 96 years old. Overall his citizens, priests, military were happy under his rule. 

Family life

      Ramesses II was born in one of the greatest families in the world. His mother was queen Tuya, and his father was Seti I. Seti I Had won many battles against he Hittites empire in many successful campaigns.. Ramesses II's grandfather was Ramesses I. Ramesses II had a huge family.The rest of the children are unknown. Ramesses II had about 200 wives. His favorite wives was: Nefertari.  Nefertari had given many speeches. She had taken care of many of the children. Nefertari was the most beautiful among most of Ramesses II's wives. Ramesses II had ninety-six children and sixty daughters. Ramesses II's most luckiest children was, Merneptah. Merneptah was his successor. He enetually became king and ruled Egypt very wisely like his father, Ramesses II. 

Accomplishments

     Ramesses II had achieved many things in his lifetime. He expanded the Egyptian empire.  He kept the Egyptian government very stable. He built Abu Simbel, Abydos, Kanak, Ramesseum, and Luxor to prove all his glory. Because of these monuments we know about how successful he was during his reign. During his reign Ramesses II had many fights with the Hittites. So to settle the conflict, he recorded the first peace treaty in the world with the Hittites. This was a major accomplishment. He invented a new way to settle conflicts in a wise and peaceful way.

Major Conflicts

     The battle of Kadesh was fought during 1274 BC. This was the battle between Ramesses II (Egypt) versus the Hittites empire. This battle started when Ramesses II went on a campaign to capture land. The Hittites had his army near Kadesh defending his territory. When he had heard Ramesses II was going on campaign, he tricked or mislead Ramesses II that their army was somewhere far away from Kadesh. Since Ramesses II fell for the trick, he seized his chance to try and capture Kadesh. When Ramesses II arrived at Kadesh the army was waiting for Ramesses II. Then they fought. Ramesses II lost, and captured no land. But still claimed victory. But eventually Ramesses II got tired of all these battles. So to settle the conflicts between the Hittites empire and the Egyptian empire, they made a peace treaty.

Ending

     In summary, Ramesses II ruled Egypt as a very nice and glorious pharaoh, had a giant loving family, accomplished many objectives in his life, and had many conflicts and solved them all wisely.

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