the Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty - 2025 ACF Nationals

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Description acceptable. Langdon and Gardiner’s 1920 translation of this document built upon work done by Bruno Meissner at the University of Berlin. After a signatory of this document angrily wrote a letter stating that “your subjects are not to be trusted,” another signatory enlisted the prince Nerikkaili in finding a nephew he had just overthrown. The queen Puduhepa officially sealed this document. (10[1])Excavations at Boğazköy (“boh-ahz-KOY”) unearthed this document, (-5[1])a copy of which was gifted by Turkey to the UN. (10[2])Two powers (10[2]-5[1])who fought (10[1]-5[1])for (10[1])control over the Kingdom of Amurru (10[1])authored this treaty, (10[2])which was signed 15 (-5[1])years (-5[1])after a battle (10[1])recounted in the Poem of the Pentaur that took place on the Orontes (10[1])River. (10[1])For 10 points, name this earliest-known peace (10[1])treaty, (10[1]-5[1])which was signed (10[1])between Hattusili (10[1])III and Ramesses II. ■END■ (10[7])

ANSWER: the Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty [accept descriptions of the treaty signed after the Battle of Kadesh; accept descriptions of a peace treaty signed between Ramesses II and Hattusili III until read; prompt on the Eternal Treaty, Eternal Peace, or Silver Treaty] (Hattusili III believed his nephew Urhi-Teshub was hiding in Egypt.)

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Cooper Roh	Columbia A	UC Berkeley A	61	10
Ezra Santos	Chicago B	Harvard	67	-5
Cormac Beirne	LSE	Penn State	78	10
Gareth Thorlakson	Toronto A	WUSTL A	78	10
Todd Maslyk	Michigan	RIT	80	-5
Aiden Dartley	Rutgers	North Carolina A	80	10
Gavin Markoff	Vanderbilt	Virginia	80	10
Justin Wytmar	Illinois A	Chicago A	82	-5
Noah Chin	Virginia Tech	MIT	82	10
John John Groger	WUSTL B	NYU	83	10
Andrew Zeng	Stanford	Waterloo A	89	10
Henry Bon	Winona State	Columbia B	92	10
Joey Sun	Toronto B	Texas	92	10
Chris Sims	Northwestern	Indiana	96	-5
Vinu Harihar	UC Berkeley B	Ottawa	97	-5
Qingyu Zhang	Florida	Georgia State	100	10
Micah Colman	Waterloo B	British Columbia	113	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State	Yale	114	10
Parth Jagtap	Toronto C	Minnesota	121	10
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Sarod Nori	Cornell B	North Carolina B	122	10
Gus Vanskike	Maryland	Ohio State	125	10
Jeffrey Xu	Georgia Tech	Iowa State	127	10
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Nathan Zhang	Cornell A	Johns Hopkins	132	10
Adrian Wong	Ottawa	UC Berkeley B	132	10
Cade Reinberger	RIT	Michigan	132	10
Yash Mandavia	Illinois B	UCF	132	10

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2025 ACF Nationals	Yes	24	100%	0%	25%	106.71