Ramses the Great's Silver Diplomacy: The Peace of Year 21

In Year 21 of his reign, Ramses II concluded the world's first recorded peace treaty with the Hittite king Hattusili III. But the real story is the silver tablet on which the treaty was inscribed — a diplomatic currency that carried Kemet's voice across the ancient Near East. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how Ramses used not just chariots and temples, but letters, gifts, and a marriage alliance to secure Egypt's borders after Kadesh. They follow the silver tablet from Hattusa to Karnak, unpack the 'brother-to-brother' language of royal correspondence, and meet the scribes, envoys, and interpreters who made it all possible. Along the way, they examine the treaty's reciprocal extradition clauses — a startlingly modern idea — and the role of the goddess Sausga as a diplomatic seal. This is the story of a peace built on pragmatism, not idealism, and how Ramses turned a military stalemate into a thirty-year alliance. #RamsesII #HattusiliIII #PeaceTreaty #SilverTablet #Diplomacy #Hittites #Kadesh #Karnak #Hattusa #Sausga #AncientEgypt #BronzeAge #TreatyOfKadesh #InternationalRelations #NewKingdom #FexingoHistory #History #NorthAfrica Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo