| − | '''Ramses II''' was a very long-lived [[pharaoh]] of the Egyptian kingdom being on the thrown from 1290 to 1224 B.C. and the last ruler of the [[New Kingdom]]. He was the son of [[Seti I]]. He reached an accomodation with the [[Hittites]] of Anatolia after a standoff in the [[Battle of Kadesh]] in Syria. He built on a grand scale throughout [[Egypt]]. | + | '''Ramses II''' was a very long-lived [[pharaoh]] of the Egyptian kingdom being on the thrown from 1290 to 1224 B.C. and the last ruler of the [[New Kingdom]]. He was the son of [[Seti I]]. He reached an accommodation with the [[Hittites]] of Anatolia after a standoff in the [[Battle of Kadesh]] in Syria. He built on a grand scale throughout [[Egypt]]. |