Battle of Carchemish
| Battle of Carchemish | |||||||||
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| Part of the Egyptian–Babylonian wars | |||||||||
The Battle of Carchemish, as depicted in Hutchinson's Story of the Nations (1900) | |||||||||
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Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt Remnants of the army of the former Neo-Assyrian Empire | Neo-Babylonian Empire | ||||||||
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| Necho II | Nebuchadnezzar II | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Heavy | Minimal | ||||||||
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. Nebuchadnezzar II was given command of this Babylonian force while Nabopolassar, his father and the king of Babylonia, was still in Babylon. Necho II, the king of Egypt, led the Egyptian and Assyrian forces in the battle. The battle would end in a major defeat for the Egyptian and Assyrian forces. The defeat ended Egyptian influence in the Levant and led to Babylon expanding its domain to the borders of Egypt.