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In 609 BC, the last Assyrian king was defeated at Harran. Three years earlier, in 609 BC, the Babylonians, aided by the Medes, had conquered Nineveh, the Assyrian capital. Finally, in 605 BC, the Babylonians defeated the Egyptians, the last power that could stop them, at Carchemish in northern Syria. But the Egyptians would not give up, and incited the local populations to revolt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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