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 | | Ramses II could have as many wives as desired, not only because of the rights of the pharaoh, but women generally had little say in marriage partners, although rights were equal in almost every other aspect of life. |
 | | During the rule of Ramses II, the capital was Pi-Ramses (Sheler 2), meaning "the House of Ramses, beloved of Amun, Greatest of Victories." (Freed 34) Ramses II built this capital on a tributary of the Nile, known as Waters of Ra. |
 | | The main reason that it is believed that Ramses II is the biblical pharaoh is that "the Israelites, when under the control of Pharaoh, built the cities of Pithom and Rameses." (Holy Bible Exodus 1:11) Historians believed this city to be Ramses IIs capital, Pi-Ramses. |
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