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In 605 BC, the Babylonians defeated the Egyptians, the last power that could stop them, at Carchemish in northern Syria. But the Egyptians refused to give up and incited the local populations to revolt. A few years earlier, in 612 BC, the Babylonians, aided by the Medes, had conquered Nineveh, the Assyrian capital. And in 609 BC, the last Assyrian king was defeated at Harran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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