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his officers, charioteers, and infantry, Ramses turned to his god, reminding him that he finds himself in this predicament only be- cause he had followed the god's orders: And His Majesty said: "What now, my Father Amon? Has a father forgotten his son? Have I ever done anything without you? Whatever I did or did not do, was it not in accordance with your commands?" Reminding the Egyptian god that the enemy was beholden to other gods, Ramses went on to ask: "What are these Asiatics to you. O Amon? These wretches who know nothing of thee, O God?" As Ramses went on pleading with his god Amon to save him, for the god's powers were greater than those of "millions of foot sol- diers, of hundreds of thousands of chariot-soldiers," a miracle happened: the god showed up on the battlefield! He held out his hand to me, and I rejoiced. He stood behind me and called out: Following the command of his god, Ramses tore into the enemy troops. Under the influence of the god the Hittites were inexplica- bly enfeebled: "their hands dropped to their sides, they were un- able to shoot their arrows nor raise their spears." And they called unto one another: "This is no mortal who is among us: this is a mighty god; his deeds are not the deeds of a man; a god is in his limbs." Thus unopposed, slaying the enemy left and right, Ramses managed to escape. After the death of Muwatallis, Egypt and the Hittite kingdom signed a peace treaty, and the reigning Pharaoh took a Hittite prin- cess to be his principal wife. The peace was needed because not only the Hittites but also the Egyptians were increasingly coming under attack by "Peoples of the Sea"—invaders from Crete and other Greek islands. They gained a foothold on the Mediterranean coast of Canaan to become the biblical Philistines; but their attacks on Egypt proper were beaten back by the Pharaoh Ramses III, who The Wars of Man Amon heard when I called him. "Forward! Forward! Ramses, beloved of Amon, I am with thee!"