Assyrian Takeover - Ancient History: Egypt

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The Battle of Carchemish was instrumental in the decline of the                     .

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The Battle of Carchemish was fought in 605 BCE. It was contended by an alliance of Assyria and Egypt and an alliance of Babylon and Persia. It ended in the complete destruction of the Egyptian army, the downfall of the Assyrian Empire, and the ascendancy of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

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