Enrich Treaty of Kadesh: fix duplicate title, add silver tablets, Winckler discovery, divine witnesses, Istanbul museum, peace period

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 # Treaty of Kadesh
 
-# Treaty of Kadesh
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 ## Overview
-The Treaty of Kadesh (~1259 BCE) between Egypt and the Hittite Empire is the earliest known international peace treaty. It ended decades of conflict between the two great Bronze Age powers.
+The Treaty of Kadesh (~1259 BCE) between Egypt and the Hittite Empire is the earliest known international peace treaty. It ended decades of conflict between the two great Bronze Age powers. The name "Treaty of Kadesh" is informal — the treaty text itself does not mention the Battle of Kadesh.
 
 ## Key Facts
-- Date: ~1259 BCE
+- Date: ~1259 BCE (some scholars cite 1258 BCE)
 - Parties: Egypt (Ramesses II) and Hittite Empire (Hattusili III)
-- Context: Followed the Battle of Kadesh (~1274 BCE)
+- Context: Followed the Battle of Kadesh (~1274 BCE), approximately 15 years later
 - Languages: Egyptian hieroglyphic and Akkadian cuneiform
+- Original medium: Silver tablets (now lost); surviving versions are copies
 
 ## Terms
 - Mutual non-aggression pact
 - Defensive alliance against third-party attacks
 - Extradition of political refugees (with humane treatment clause)
 - Mutual recognition of borders in Syria [^1]
+- Divine witnesses invoked; violations threatened with divine punishment [^3]
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+## Physical Record
+- Egyptian version: Inscribed on temple walls at Karnak and the Ramesseum (Thebes)
+- Hittite version: Cuneiform clay tablets discovered at Hattusa in 1906 by German archaeologist Hugo Winckler; two tablets now held at the Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul [^3]
+- Both versions are translations of the original silver tablets exchanged between the parties
 
 ## Significance
 - Earliest surviving international peace treaty
 - A copy hangs in the United Nations headquarters in New York as a symbol of diplomacy
 - Both Egyptian and Hittite versions survive (discovered at Karnak and Hattusa) [^2]
 - Later sealed by a diplomatic marriage between Ramesses II and a Hittite princess
+- Ushered in a prolonged period of peace and cooperation, allowing Ramesses II to focus on monumental building projects [^3]
 
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 [^1]: Beckman, G. *Hittite Diplomatic Texts* (1999)
 [^2]: Bryce, T. *Letters of the Great Kings of the Ancient Near East* (2003)
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+[^3]: Wikipedia, "Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian%E2%80%93Hittite_peace_treaty
 
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