Fragment of oldest known peace treaty found in Turkey
42 points by gmays 8 hours ago | 7 comments
JoeAltmaier 3 hours ago
Note the Treaty of Ebla and Abarsal, from about 2350 BCE, exists in scores of clauses on a tablet.
replydoebler 4 hours ago
> The country of Egypt and the country of Hatti [Hittite Empire] will be forever in a state of peace.
replyWonder how long it lasted?
Edit: turns out it lasted until the Hittite empire collapsed 80 years later, so in a sense indeed "forever".
wahern 4 hours ago
FWIW, the longest peace treaty lasted approximately 700 years, from the 7th to 14th centuries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baqt
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All would suffer in the late Bronze Age (LBA) collapse, with the Hittite empire collapsing soon after a string of three drought years about half a century after the treaty. Egypt and Assyria, at least, would persist in truncated form, with the latter rising to new heights of power in the Iron Age.