Battle of Hama

Infobox Military Conflict


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conflict=Battle of Hama
partof=the Egyptian-Babylonian wars
date=c. 605 BC
place=Hama
result=Decisive Babylonian Victory
combatant1=Egypt
combatant2=Babylonia
commander1=Necho II
commander2=Nebuchadrezzar II
strength1= Much fewer
strength2= Unknown
casualties1=Very high
casualties2=Low

The battle of Hama, or sometimes called The battle of Hamath was a battle between the Babylonians and the fleeing remains of the Egyptian army defeated at Carchemish. It was fought near the ancient city Hamath on the Orontes. In this battle Nebuchadrezzar further shattered the remains of Necho II's Egyptian army that he previously defeated in a great Battle of Carchemish. The battle is mentioned in the Babylonian Chronicles, now housed in the British Museum. In the Cronicles it states that Nebuchadrezzar II killed almost all of the Egyptian combatants, so exhausted that none of them returned to their own country. The Chronicles do not mention Necho and the Bible only mentions 'Necho's army', and it is possible that Necho wasn't present and the Egyptian army was just a garrison army. [cite book | last = Boardman | first = John | authorlink = | coauthors = I. E. S. Edwards ed., E. Sollberger ed., N. G. L. Hammond ed. | title = The Cambridge Ancient History Volume 3, Part 2: The Assyrian and Babylonian Empires and Other States of the Near East, from the Eighth to the Sixth Centuries BC | publisher = Cambridge University Press | date = 1992 | location = | pages = 594 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 978-0521227179 ]

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