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  1. (now Karkamis, Turkey) centre of the Hittite
  2. New Empire (c. 1400-1200 BC) on the river
  3. Euphrates, 80 km/50 mi NE of Aleppo, and
  4. taken by Sargon II of Assyria 717 BC.
  5. Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon defeated the
  6. Egyptians here 605 BC.
  7.