Ramses the Great (though him being the first person in history to create a peace treaty and to violate said treaty) dreamed of a Middle Eastern Hegemony, but he failed. I suspect that even if he could control the lands in his lifetime, his heirs would not be able to - it would easily collapse like a poorly built pyramid on sand. It is far easier for Persia, Babylon, or Alexander to create a Middle Eastern hegemony - for they had the impetus for expansion.