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    The Battle of Carchemish was fought around 605 BC between the armies of Egypt allied with the remnants of the army of the former Assyrian Empire against...
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    Carchemish (/ˈkɑːrkəmɪʃ/ KAR-kəm-ish or /kɑːrˈkiːmɪʃ/ kar-KEE-mish), also spelled Karkemish (Turkish: Karkamış), was an important ancient capital in the...
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    Solomon's Temple in 587 BCE. In the biblical account, after the Battle of Carchemish in 605 BCE, the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II besieged Jerusalem...
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    leading armies in the Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire. At the Battle of Carchemish in 605 BC, Nebuchadnezzar inflicted a crushing defeat...
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  • The biblical Battle of Megiddo is recorded as having taken place in 609 BC when Pharaoh Necho II of Egypt led his army to Carchemish (northern Syria)...
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    the west and has been interpreted to refer to both the Battle of Carchemish and the Siege of Jerusalem (597 BC). The tablet is numbered ABC5 in Grayson's...
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  •  the 2nd century BCE. Some of these scrolls are presently stored at the Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem. The oldest text of the entire Bible, including...
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    Zedekiah (category 6th-century BC kings of Judah)
    at the Battle of Carchemish in 605 BC, Nebuchadnezzar II besieged Jerusalem. Jehoiakim changed allegiances to avoid the destruction of Jerusalem. He paid...
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    as king of the Zhou Dynasty in China. 605 BC—Battle of Carchemish: Crown Prince Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon defeats the army of Necho II of Egypt, securing...
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  • (approximate date). Battle of Hamath: Nebuchadnezzar II defeats the remainder of the Egyptian army after the Battle of Carchemish. Nebuchadnezzar II succeeds...
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    Nabopolassar (category Year of birth uncertain)
    at the Battle of Carchemish in 605 BC. Upon his death that same year, Nabopolassar was succeeded by his son Nebuchadnezzar II. As the founder of the Neo-Babylonian...
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    The kings of the United Kingdom of Israel, as well as those of its successor states and classical period kingdoms ruled by the Hasmonean dynasty and Herodian...
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    The Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XXVI, alternatively 26th Dynasty or Dynasty 26) was the last native dynasty of ancient Egypt before the...
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    remnants of the Assyrian army continued to fight alongside the Egyptian forces against the Babylonians until a crushing defeat at Battle of Carchemish in 605...
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    and the sum of reigns for both kingdoms produced 931/930 BCE for the division of the kingdom when working backwards from the Battle of Qarqar in 853...
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  • The Source (novel) (category History of Palestine (region))
    last years of King David. The Voice of Gomer — 605–562 BCE. Following the Egyptian defeat at the Battle of Carchemish, Nebuchadnezzar II marches into the...
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    Dynasty of China. 606 BC: King Ding of Zhou becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China. 605 BC: Battle of Carchemish: Crown Prince Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon...
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    Jehoiakim (category 7th-century BC kings of Judah)
    people of the land according to their assessments." However, after the Egyptians were defeated by the Babylonians at the battle of Carchemish in 605 BC...
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  • defeated at Carchemish. It was fought near the ancient city Hamath on the Orontes. In this battle, Nebuchadnezzar further shattered the remnants of Necho II's...
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    another Egyptian force fought the Babylonians (Battle of Carchemish), helped by the remnants of the army of the former Assyria, but this too met with defeat...
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    the Southern Levant, where many cities were burned and ruined. (Carchemish was one of the cities which survived the Sea People's attacks.) Cyprus had...
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  • Aramaeans. After the Battle of Carchemish, Nebuchadnezzar II besieged Jerusalem and destroyed the Temple (597 BC), starting the period of the Babylonian captivity...
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  • 1821 – Venezuelan War of Independence Battle of Carbisdale – 1650 Battle of Carchemish – 605 BC – Babylonian–Egyptian War Battle of Carillon – 1758 – Seven...
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    revolution of 1919. The early Egyptian protonationalism was shaped by foreign invasions and conquests. The Assyrian conquest and the Battle of Carchemish led...
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  • Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Roman battles Sherman Storytelling:...
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    Scythians (category Ancient history of the Caucasus)
    participated in the battle of Carchemish in 605 BC, while clay figurines depicting Scythian riders, as well as an Ionian shield and a Neo-Hittite battle-axe similar...
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  • contemporary scholarly interpretation of chapter 9. Nebuchadnezzar II defeated Egypt at the Battle of Carchemish in 605 BCE and established the Neo-Babylonian...
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  • BCE Battle of Carchemish 627–624 BCE Campaigns of Ashur-etil-ilani 626 BCE Revolt of Babylon 616 BCE Battle of Arrapha 627–624 BCE Campaigns of Sinsharishkun...
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    Assyria. He defeated the Egyptian Army under Pharaoh Necho II in the Battle of Carchemish in 605 BC. Nebuchadnezzar II subjugated Jerusalem in a siege twice:...
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  • Neo-Babylonian Empire in its place. The decisive battle of Carchemish in northern Syria ended the historic hegemony of the Assyrians and their Egyptian allies...
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