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CarchemishHistorical 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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| Egypt and Assyria were eventually routed by Babylon in 605 at Carchemish (cf. |
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