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605 BCE

Battle of Carchemish: Crown Prince Nebuchadnezzar defeats the allied armies of Egypt and former Assyria, securing the Babylonian conquest of Assyria (approximate date). Nebuchadnezzar II succeeds his father Nabopolassar as king of Babylonia. Battle of Hamath: Nebuchadnezzar II defeats the remainder of the Egyptian army after the Battle of Carchemish.

Conflict & Security

  • Battle of Carchemish: Crown Prince Nebuchadnezzar defeats the allied armies of Egypt and former Assyria, securing the Babylonian conquest of Assyria (approximate date).source
  • Nebuchadnezzar II succeeds his father Nabopolassar as king of Babylonia.source
  • Battle of Hamath: Nebuchadnezzar II defeats the remainder of the Egyptian army after the Battle of Carchemish.source

Deaths

  • Nabopolassar, founder of the Neo-Babylonian Empiresource