Exceptional Leadership In Ancient Civilization

To be a leader requires both strength and intelligence. A good leader is strong enough to fight beside their soldiers in battle, while being smart enough to develop the right strategy to defeat their enemy. But being an exceptional leader takes not only strength and intelligence but also wisdom. An exceptional leader is wise enough to know the limitations of their army. Two leaders that demonstrated exceptional leadership in ancient civilization were the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses and King Hattusilis III of Hittite. Around 1259 BCE, Hittite was an emerging civilization attempting to expand their territory. The Hittites succeed in their expansion through military force until they encountered the Egyptians. Well established at the time Egypt was not easily conquered. According to Sources of The Making of the West, neither civilization was able to defeat the other and agreed to make peace in order to handle other threats (cited in Lualdi 32). King Hattusilis and Pharaoh Ramses drew up a treaty, the “Eternal Treaty”, …show more content…
Because the Russian empire was the victor in battle the treaties were solely beneficial to them. The Treaty of Turkmanchai nullified the Treaty of Gulistan and gave the Russian empire additional territory in the Middle East. According to Article III and Article IV of the treaty, the Russian empire owned Khanate of Erivan on both sides of the Araxe and the Khanate of Nakhitchevan, as well as all of the land in between the two, and the mountains of Caucasus along with the Caspian Sea (cited in Khater 37). The Russian empire also profited from their victory economically. When addressing trade the treaty clearly states that imports and exports that pass through territories owned by the Russian empire “will be subject, as in the past, to a duty of five percent, collected one time for all at entry or departure” (cited in Khater