BC1336 BC) and were never reclaimed.

Under Ramesses II (1279 BC1213 BC), Egypt engaged in several military campaigns against the Hittites, eventually capturing the kingdoms of Kadesh and Amurru by taking advantage of growing problems in the Hittite Empire. In 1258 BC, Ramesses and the Hittite King Hattusili III signed a peace treaty that created a border from north of Byblos