Battle of Carchemish
Babylon routs Egypt and the last Assyrians and takes Syria
In 605 BC the Babylonian crown prince Nebuchadnezzar crushed the army of Pharaoh Necho II, which had come to aid the last Assyrians, at Carchemish. Assyria vanished for good, and Syria and Palestine passed to the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- c. 600 BC Greeks found Massalia — 5 years later
Alive at the time
- Nebuchadnezzar II (aged 37)
- Solon (aged 25)
- Sappho (aged 25)
- Thales of Miletus (aged 19)
- Anaximander (aged 5)