Carchemish
City commanding the Euphrates ford; a Hittite viceregal seat that survived the Bronze Age collapse as a Neo-Hittite capital, later the site of a decisive battle.
Dated events and their evidence
- 1,345 BCE mainstream
conquered by the Hittite king Suppiluliuma I source - 880 BCE mainstream
Neo-Hittite monuments under King Katuwa source - 605 BCE mainstream
Battle of Carchemish: Nebuchadnezzar II defeats Egypt source
Where
36.8294° N, 38.0164° E
Sources
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