biography
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Rameses or Ramses II
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known as the Great
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pronunciation:
[ram(e)seez]
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| male
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| lived:
| (13th-c BC)
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| biography:
| King of Egypt (1304–1237 BC), whose long and prosperous reign marks the last great peak of Egyptian power. Despite his doubtful victory over the Hittites at Kadesh in N Syria (1299 BC), he managed to stabilize his frontier against them, making peace with them (1283 BC) and later marrying a Hittite princess (1270 BC). An enthusiastic builder, he has left innumerable monuments, among them the great sandstone temples at Abu Simbel. |
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