Home›Peace Treaties and Territorial Settlements›Original LanguageBrowse ByOriginal LanguageThis dimension names the language in which a historical document was originally written. Wikipedia notes that a primary source is valued precisely because it "was created at the time under study," in whatever language its own period and place actually used. Browsing this way collects every document originally written in the same language.FactsOriginal LanguageSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonStart YearWell-attested1259 BCE 1Original LanguageFilter Results15 entriesDocument TypeAllAgreement (4)Diplomatic Note (1)Inscription (1)Instrument of Surrender (2)Protocol (1)Treaty (13)EraAllThe Age of Discovery (1)The Contemporary Period (5)The Early Modern Period (7)The Iron Age (1)The Late Modern Period (8)The New Kingdom of Egypt (1)The Post-Classical and Medieval Period (1)The Victorian Era (1)Origin PlaceAllAfrica (1)Asia (5)Australia (2)Berlin (2)Europe (8)France (3)Iran (1)Italy (1)London (1)Manchuria (2)Nerchinsk (1)North America (3)North Korea (2)Ohio (1)Portugal (1)Republic of Venice (1)Rijswijk (1)Syria (1)United States (4)Vatican City (1)Washington, D.C. (2)Worms (1)Wyoming (1)Medium or SupportAllClay Tablet (1)Paper (8)Parchment or Vellum (7)Stone or Inscription (3)Creation EraAll-1259 (1)1122 (1)1494 (1)1529 (1)1648 (1)1689 (1)1697 (1)1699 (1)1713 (7)1783 (1)1795 (1)1797 (1)1802 (2)1819 (2)1828 (1)1834 (1)1840 (2)1842 (1)1856 (1)1858 (2)1868 (1)1895 (1)1901 (1)1905 (2)1919 (3)1921 (1)1929 (1)1945 (2)1951 (3)1953 (2)Group TreeAllPeace Treaties and Territorial Settlements of Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (2)Peace Treaties and Territorial Settlements of the Age of Revolution and Napoleon, 1700 to 1814 (7)Peace Treaties and Territorial Settlements of the Cold War Era, 1946 to 1989 (4)Peace Treaties and Territorial Settlements of the Long Nineteenth Century, 1815 to 1913 (7)Peace Treaties and Territorial Settlements of the Medieval and Early Modern World, 1000 to 1699 (3)Peace Treaties and Territorial Settlements of the World Wars Era, 1914 to 1945 (4)Attested From (Year)All2600 BCE (1)1100 BCE (1)75 BCE (1)450 (1)601 (1)700 (1)765 (1)800 (1)801 (2)842 (1)901 (2)1224 (1)Attested To (Year)All75 (1)750 (1)Difficulty for an English SpeakerAllCategory I (5)Category II (1)Category III (1)Category IV (3)ISO 639-3 CodeAllakk (1)deu (1)eng (1)fra (1)ita (1)ja (1)ko (1)lat (1)mn (1)mri (1)nld (1)por (1)ru (1)spa (1)Speaker CountAll0 (2)50,000 (1)5,500,000 (1)25,000,000 (1)65,000,000 (1)81,000,000 (1)123,000,000 (1)135,000,000 (1)154,000,000 (1)267,000,000 (1)312,000,000 (1)560,000,000 (1)1,500,000,000 (1)StatusAllExtinct (1)Liturgical / Learned Use Only (1)Living (12)ToneAllNot Tonal (7)Tonal (1)Word OrderAllOther (2)SOV (5)SVO (6)VSO (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 15AkkadianOriginal Language1 entryAramaicOriginal Language1 entryDutchOriginal Language1 entryEnglishOriginal Language16 entriesFrenchOriginal Language10 entriesGermanOriginal Language1 entryItalianOriginal Language3 entriesJapaneseOriginal Language1 entryKoreanOriginal Language1 entryLatinOriginal Language5 entriesMaoriOriginal Language1 entryMongolianOriginal Language1 entryPortugueseOriginal Language1 entryRussianOriginal Language3 entriesSpanishOriginal Language5 entriesSources1. Wikipedia: Egyptian-Hittite Peace Treatytier 2WikipediaEgyptian-Hittite peace treaty, lead section, date and oldest-treaty sentenceQuote, Egyptian-Hittite peace treaty, lead section, date and oldest-treaty sentenceconcluded between Ramesses II of the Egyptian Empire and Hattusili III of the Hittite Empire around 1259 BC ... It is the oldest known surviving peace treaty.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.