What the records say
- When
- 605 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 36.83° N, 38.02° E
- Description
- ancient battle between Egypt and Babylon
4 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Carchemish: Crown Prince Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon defeats the army of Necho II of Egypt, securing the Babylonian conquest of Assyria”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة كركميش”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “カルケミシュの戦いで新バビロニア（ナボポラッサル及びネブカドネザル2世）がエジプト（ネコ2世）を撃破。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page