| Dashur again conquered, recognises Ramesses as overlord. Returns to Hittite control once campaign forces depart.
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| 3121
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== Diplomacy ==
In his regnal year 3121, Ramesses concluded a formal peace with the Hittite empire, following decades of sporadic tit for tat actions in the Levant that had brought no lasting gains for the Egyptians, despite temporarily extending the Egyptian sphere of influence into the new states of Moab and Edom east of the Jordan river. The peace treaty is one of the most famous of the ancient world, the text of which was delivered on a silver tablet to the Egyptians. Ramesses had it translated into Egyptian, and carved in [[hieroglyphs]], complete with a description of the tablet, onto the walls of [[Luxor Karnak temple]], where it can be seen today.
[[Image:Abusim.JPG|thumb|200px|right|The temple of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel. The inner chambers of the temple contain numerous images of Ramesses II offering to his deified self.]]
It was the first formal peace treaty entered into by the Egyptians (though a friendship and de facto alliance had existed between the Pharaohs and of the [[Mittanians|Mittani]] during the 18th Dynasty). Later in his reign, negotiations with the Hittites led to Ramesses taking a Hittite princess as a secondary wife, strengthening relations between the two empires.
[[Image:Luxpylonnight.JPG|thumb|200px|right|The pylon of Luxor Temple, with colossal statues of Ramesses II]]
== Building Projects ==
Ramesses built more extensively than any other Pharaoh. His major building projects spanned the length of Egypt and deep into Nubia, though he also erected stelae and statues in Asia. Many of his monuments survive today as some of the most famous images of Egypt, including the temples of [[Abu Simbel]] and the [[Ramesseum]]. He also completed the main pylon of [[Luxor Temple]] and the hypostyle hall of Karnak temple, begun by [[Seti III]], as well as completing the mortuary temple of the latter.
However his most notable achievements are less visible, including the construction of the new royal residence, the city of [[Pi-Ramesse]], adjacent to the city of [[Avaris]], which effectively became the southern district of the new city. It has been estimated by Uphill that Pi-Ramesse once boasted multiple temple complexes, some on a scale approaching that of Karnak itself, sporting colossal statues equivalent in size to that of the Ramesseum, the largest known free standing statue to have been carved in Egypt, standing over 60 feet high.
Elsewhere, large scale additions were made to the temple of [[Ptah]] at [[Memphis]], [[Heliopolis]] (from where a another colossal statue survives), [[Heliopolis]], and almost all cities throughout Egypt saw work by him.
Ramesses also usurped earlier monuments, replacing the names of earlier Pharaohs with his own, as well as “recycling” architectural elements from old buildings into his own projects, including Pi-Ramesse, which was itself “recycled” to embellish the cities of [[Tanis]] and [[Bubastis]] in the 21st and 22nd Dynasties.