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[[File:Battle of Carchemish, Syria.jpg|thumb|Battle of Carchemish, Syria between Chaldean Babylonians and the enemy Egyptians and Assyrians]]
The '''Battle of Carchemish''' was fought about 605 BC<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Horn|first1=Siegfried H|title=THE BABYLONIAN CHRONICLE AND THE ANCIENT CALENDAR OF THE KINGDOM OF JUDAH|journal=Andrews University Seminary Studies|date=1967|issue=5/1967|page=20|url=http://www.auss.info/auss_publication_file.php?pub_id=411&journal=1&type=pdf|accessdate=4 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923180227/http://www.auss.info/auss_publication_file.php?pub_id=411&journal=1&type=pdf|archive-date=2015-09-23|dead-url=yes|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Wiseman |first1=D. J.|title=Chronicles of Chaldean Kings (626-556 B.C.)|date=1956|publisher=British Museum Publications, Ltd.|location=British Museum|page=99}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=British Museum|title=Cuneiform tablet with part of the Babylonian Chronicle (605-594 BC)|website=britishmuseum.org|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/me/c/cuneiform_nebuchadnezzar_ii.aspx|accessdate=4 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030154541/https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/me/c/cuneiform_nebuchadnezzar_ii.aspx|archive-date=2014-10-30|dead-url=yes|df=}}</ref> between the armies of [[Late Period of ancient Egypt|Egypt]] allied with the remnants of the army of the former [[Neo-Assyrian Empire|Assyrian Empire]] against the armies Chaldean army of [[Neo-Babylonian Empire|Babylonia]], allied with the Medes, and Scythians.
==Background==
[[File:Map of Carchemish.jpg|thumb|Map of Carchemish, Syria]]
When the [[Assyria]]n capital [[Nineveh]] was [[Battle of Nineveh (612 BC)|overrun]] by the Medes, Chaldean Babylonians and their allies in 612 BC, the ancient Assyrians moved their capital to [[Harran]]. When Harran was [[Fall of Harran|captured]] by the Chaldean Babylonian alliance in 609 BC,<ref name="Grant1">{{cite book|last=Grant|first=R.G.|title=Battle: A Visual Journey Through 5,000 Years of Combat |location=London |publisher=Dorling Kindersley|year=2005|pages=18}}</ref> ending the Assyrian Empire, remnants of the Assyrian army joined [[Carchemish]], a city under Egyptian rule, on the [[Euphrates]] river. Egypt (a former vassal of Assyria) was allied with the Assyrian king [[Ashur-uballit II]], and marched in 609 BC to his aid against the Babylonians.<ref>Georges Roux, ''Ancient Iraq''</ref>
==Battle==
[[File:600 BC Map of Mesopotamia.jpg|thumb|600 BC Map of Mesopotamia and Chaldean empire]]
The Egyptians met the full might of the [Chaldean | Chaldean people] Babylonian and Median army led by Chaldean King [[Nebuchadnezzar II]] at Carchemish, where the combined Egyptian and Assyrian forces were destroyed. Assyria ceased to exist as an independent power, and Egypt retreated and was no longer a significant force in the [[Ancient Near East]]. Babylonia reached its economic peak after 605 BC.<ref>King, Philip J., 1993 ''Jeremiah: An Archaeological Companion'', Westminster/John Knox Press p.22 [https://books.google.com/books?id=7xZ-HUcAEP8C&pg=PA22&dq=carchemish+battle+605&ei=0rNzSI6TIJXEigG_6_zpBw&client=firefox-a&sig=ACfU3U1Wzw_pgL4_ZsnOWUInugnu63dVpA]</ref>
