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commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Necho II

Battles of Necho II

2nd Egyptian pharaoh of the 26th dynasty, 701 BC to 595 BC

Necho II is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 609 BC and 605 BC: 3 battles and 1 siege across 3 present-day countries, most in Turkey (2), Israel (1), Syria (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 903 km apart end to end, 301 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire (1).

Battle of MegiddoSiege of HarranBattle of CarchemishBattle of HamathBattle of MegiddoSiege of HarranBattle of CarchemishBattle of HamathAleppoDamascusBeirutNicosiaAdanaGaziantepHomsṬarābulusŞanlıurfaHaifa500 km34.724N, 37.108E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

609 BC: 2 engagements2 in 609 BC605 BC: 2 engagements2 in 605 BC609 BC605 BC
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Megiddo, 609 BCSiege of Harran, 609 BCBattle of Carchemish, 605 BCBattle of Hamath, 605 BC609 BC605 BC
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
609 BCBattle of MegiddoTel Megiddo, IsraelEgyptian victory
609 BCSiege of HarranHarran, Turkey592 km NEUnsuccessful siege; Medo-Babylonian victory
605 BCBattle of CarchemishCarchemish, Turkey91 km WBabylonian victory
605 BCBattle of HamathHama, Syria220 km SWBabylonian Victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Keith Schengili-Roberts, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.