Charchamesh
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Charchamesh, an ancient city in today's Syria, is most known for the Battle of Charchamesh which was fought by three dynasties, Assyria
Assyria
Assyria was a Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history. It was named for its original capital, the ancient city of Assur...

 and Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

 against Chaldea
Chaldea
Chaldea or Chaldaea , from Greek , Chaldaia; Akkadian ; Hebrew כשדים, Kaśdim; Aramaic: ܟܐܠܕܘ, Kaldo) was a marshy land located in modern-day southern Iraq which came to briefly rule Babylon...

http://www.goupstate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=. After the fall of Nineveh, Assyria was left without its capital and called up the Egyptians (their alliance) to help them against the threat of losing their nation to the Chaldeans. Nabopolassar challenged the Pharaoh of Egypt and fought against Assyria and Egypt under the control of General Neco. The exact numbers are not known, however, the Chaldeans were known to be outnumbered, but fought bravely and claimed the victory. Before the battle of Charchamesh, Egypt was known to have the greatest army out of all the dynasties in northern Africa and the Middle East, but this soon changed with their defeat in the battle of Charchamesh when the Chaldean Dynasty proved to the world it had more to offer than Egypt and Assyria put together.
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