Pharaoh (Ramses II) is believed to had been grandson of Ramses I, the son of Seti I, but had an older brother whose name has not endured. But his father wanted to ensure the succession appointed heir life and linking it to power as the regent. The young prince was given then a royal palace and a large harem, and had to accompany Seti in the military campaigns undertaken to suppress rebellions in Palestine and Syria. It also backed him in the war against the Hittites who had occupied the territories of Syria.
So when in 1301 came to the throne, and had extensive military experience, despite his extreme youth. At birth he had received the name of Ramses-II which has kept the story-and in the coronation ceremony, and receive the scepter and the whip (the sacred insignia designed to introduce you to the rank of the great gods), we were given four names: "bull powerful armed justice ',' defender of Egypt", "rich in years and victories" and "chosen of Ra." From that moment his life was that of a god-king, the son of gods, and worship cult general. It was a Pharaoh as absolute as his father and became identified with God more than the previous rulers. The distance separating it from the people was even greater than that of Cheops.
He began his reign with the relocation of the capital from Thebes to Tanis in the Delta, in order to bring the royal residence near the point of greatest danger to the rule, the border with Asia. His early military campaigns were directed to restore the fertile land "between rivers" in the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, and by the fourth year of his reign began raiding Asia. The first object was to put Palestine in order to obtain a base of operations to allow him to invade Syria, as his father had done with relative success. The following year, the Hittites installed there let him advance to the Orontes River at the foot of the walls of Kadesh, where he was surrounded by the enemy. Believing they had won the battle, the Hittites tried to assault the fort of the king to spare. Amid the confusion, Ramses loaded against them and turned the defeat into a victory on. His feat in Kadesh was sung in one of the brightest samples of Egyptian epic poetry: the Poem Kadesh, Profusely engraved on the temples.
Thirteen years after the Battle of Kadesh, in 1294, managed to sign a peace treaty, the first of which is historic news, with the Hittite king Hattusil. That treaty was reinforced a decade later thanks to the subsequent marriage of Ramses with two daughters of the king.
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