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Carchemish

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Car·che·mish  (kärk-msh, kär-kmsh)
An ancient Hittite and Assyrian city on the Euphrates River in present-day southern Turkey. Nebuchadnezzar II defeated the Egyptians here in 605 b.c.
Carchemish [ˈkɑːkəmɪʃ kɑːˈkiː-]
n
(Placename) an ancient city in Syria on the Euphrates, lying on major trade routes; site of a victory of the Babylonians over the Egyptians (605 bc)
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