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Carchemish

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Carchemish

Historical centre of the Hittite New Empire (c. 1400-1200 BC) on the River Euphrates, 80 km/50 mi northeast of Aleppo, and taken by Sargon II of Assyria in 717 BC. Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon defeated the Egyptians here in 605 BC.


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