Read the text below and answer the question that follows. Of all the conquering Pharaohs none won more fame than Rameses II, who ruled for nearly seventy years

Read the text below and answer the question that follows. Of all the conquering Pharaohs none won more fame than Rameses II, who ruled for nearly seventy years. His campaigns in Syria were mainly against the Hittites, a warlike people who had moved southward from their home in Asia Minor and sought to establish themselves in the Syrian lands. Rameses does not appear to have been entirely successful against his enemies. We find him at length entering into an alliance with "the great king of the Hittites," by which their dominion over northern Syria was recognized. During times of peace, Rameses achieved a more enduring renown. He erected many statues and temples in various parts of Egypt and made Thebes, his capital, the most magnificent city of the age. Fill in the blank: Asia Minor was to the _____ of Syria.

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Southeast
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South
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East
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North
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West