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What are the important events in the history of ancient Middle and Near East?
The hegemonic war between Egypt and Hittites was an important event in the history of ancient Middle East. Ramses II was the last powerful Pharaoh of the ancient Egyptian military empire, and Hittite was also in its heyday. The decades-long military contest between the two sides has seriously weakened their strength. Egypt has not achieved the goal of restoring the territory of Asia, and the successors of Ramses II are increasingly facing the situation of internal and external troubles. The migration wave of "maritime people" swept from Asia Minor in Aegean Sea echoed with the invasion of Libyan tribes, shaking the rule of Pharaoh day by day, and the once powerful new kingdom gradually fell into disintegration. Although the Hittites occupied most of Syria, they once looked down on West Asia. However, after the war with Egypt, the already unstable economic foundation was further shaken and soon began to decline. By the end of 13 BC, the "maritime nation" invaded Hittite from the Bosporus Strait, and the vassal states of Asia Minor and Syria rebelled one after another, and the Hittite state collapsed rapidly. By the 8th century BC, it was completely destroyed by Assyria.