Bronze and Iron AgesWar & Conflict Battle of Kadesh and first peace treaty 1,274 BCEMajor Egypt and the Hittites fight one of history's largest chariot battles, then sign the oldest surviving peace treaty. ▲ MattersSaveShareTrace roots Longest chain: The Big Bang → First stars ignite → Supernovae seed heavy elements → The Sun forms → Earth forms → First oceans → First life → Photosynthesis evolves → Great Oxidation Event → Complex cells (eukaryotes) → Multicellular life → First animals → Cambrian Explosion → First vertebrates → Jawed fish → Fish walk onto land → The amniotic egg → The Great Dying → Dinosaurs appear → Asteroid ends the dinosaurs → Early primates → Apes split from monkeys → Human line splits from chimpanzees → Walking upright → First stone tools → Genus Homo appears → Homo erectus → Control of fire → First fired clay figures → First pottery → Potter's wheel → The wheel → Spoke-wheeled chariot → Hittite Empire → Battle of Kadesh and first peace treaty Community notesLoading notes… Learn more ranked by votesDocumentbritannica.comBattle of Kadesh (Britannica) ↗Editor's pickBookTrevor BryceThe Kingdom of the Hittites ↗Editor's pickBookJoyce TyldesleyRamesses: Egypt's Greatest Pharaoh ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubeBattle of Kadesh explained ↗Editor's pick