WARS OF ANCIENT EGYPT
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Megiddo 609 BCE
THE SECOND MAJOR BATTLE FOUGHT AT MEGIDDO, (1001 Before You Die Collection) in modern-day Israel, occupied when King Josiah of Judah made a bold attempt to rebuilt the kingdom of Israel amid the crumbling ruins of Assyrian power.
However, the Egyptian Pharaoh Necho II defeated and deposed him for his pains, and Egypt became the dominant force in Palestine. (History of World-Ideas-Important Days and Historic Sites)
“AFTER Solomon’s death 💀 in 926 BCE, the kingdom of Israel had broken in two: Judah in the south; Samaria in the north.
The dream of reuniting the realm remained, but — with Assyrian power apparently irresistible — it was one that the Jews realized would have to wait. However, after Nabopolassar’s triumph at Nineveh, Judah’s King Josiah saw his historic opportunity: the Assyrian Empire was progressively imploding. When Pharaoh Necho II marched his army eastward to offer his Assyrian ally assistance, Josiah resolved to prevent their getting through. He planned to intercept the Egyptian army as it crossed a narrow pass near the city of Megiddo: in those rugged uplands, the Jews should have had the advantage of surprise. (#1transcribedtext)
In the event, Josiah’s plan worked to the extent that he was able to get his army into position, but the advancing Egyptian simply swept his force aside. If the biblical account (II Chronicles 35) is to be believed, Josiah was wounded by an archer at Megiddo and was taken to Jerusalem, where he died. Marching on to Mesopotamia, the pharaoh was defeated (😔) by Nabopolassar’s Babylonians at Charchemish — the vacuum Josiah had hopped for was created, but of course he was no longer there to take advantage. His son, Jehoahaz, succeeded him, but was deposed by Necho on his homeward journey in favour of his more tractable brother, Jehoiakim. Egypt was now the real power in Palestine.”(#1transcribedtextafterMK in 1001 BATTLES THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY/ 2450BCE-999CE|29 pg)
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Facultative: Losses: Unknown | follow Kadesh 1275 BCE —— Fall of Jerusalem 587 BCE (will be fallow in the next story)
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Kneeling Statuette of King Necho, ca. 610-595 B.C.E. Bronze, 5 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 2 3/4in. (14 x 5.7 x 7cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.11. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.11_threequarter_PS1.jpg)
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