Major Syrian city-state and later Neo-Hittite capital straddling the Euphrates on the Turkey–Syria border, destroyed by the Babylonians in 605 BCE.
Conquered by the Neo-Assyrian Empire under Sargon II in 717 BCE, marking the end of the Neo-Hittite state; the city later served as the site of the Battle of Carchemish in 605 BCE where the Neo-Babylonian Empire under Nebuchadnezzar II defeated the Assyrian-Egyptian coalition.
The atlas holds 11 border frames for Carchemish — the shape you scrub through changes in 2000 BC · 1810 BC · 1758 BC · 1650 BC · 1500 BC · 1363 BC · 1299 BC · 900 BC · 860 BC · 737 BC · 716 BC.
Classic excavation report; original fieldwork by the British Museum team including T.E. Lawrence.
The standard political and military history of the Iron Age Syro-Hittite states, situating Carchemish, Sam'al, Tabal, and Pattin.
Long-durée regional history of Syria placing Carchemish within its Bronze-to-Iron Age context up to the Babylonian conquest.