Battle of Carchemish

Battle of Carchemish
	Part of the Egyptian–Babylonian wars
	; The Battle of Carchemish, as depicted in Hutchinson's Story of the Nations (1900)
Date	c. 605 BC
Location	Carchemish
Result	Babylonian and Median victory End of the Egyptian intervention in the Near East;
Belligerents
Egypt ; Remnants of the army of the former Assyria	Babylonia; Medes, Persians, Scythians (?)
Commanders and leaders
Necho II	Nebuchadnezzar II; Cyaxares(?)
Casualties and losses
Heavy	Minimal

The Battle of Carchemish was fought around 605 BC between the armies of Egypt allied with the remnants of the army of the former Assyrian Empire against the armies of Babylonia, allied with the Medes, Persians, and Scythians. This was while Nebuchadnezzar was commander-in-chief and Nabopolassar was still king of Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar became king right after this battle.

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