Battle of Carchemish

Quando

605 a.C.

Tipo

Batalha

Coordenadas

36.83° N, 38.02° E

Description

ancient battle between Egypt and Babylon

Ancient battle in the region of Syria

The Battle of Carchemish was a battle fought around 605 BCE between the armies of Egypt, allied with the remnants of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, against the armies of Babylonia. The forces would clash at Carchemish, an important military crossing and trade city on the banks of the Euphrates River in modern-day Syria.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “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 4.0Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “معركة كركميش”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “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 4.0Página da fonte