![]() This resulted in Egypt loosing control over considerable territory in Syria when aggressors, aided by the Hittites, invaded. The pharaoh unfortunately neglected them and never replied. ![]() International correspondence from the Asian princes in Palestine and Syria (known as the Amarna Letters) were sent to Akhen-Aton and his court requesting help, and warnings of the Hittites growing influence. They started challenging the Egyptian Empire during its decline under the reign of Akhen-Aton (18th dynasty). ![]() By the second millennium BC, they became a great power that finally replaced the Babylonian state around 1530 BC. Their rise and hostility with Egypt: The Hittites were a minor nation in Anatolia, who started to penetrate peacefully east and west through monopolizing political power in the Near East.
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