Carchemish

[ kahr-kuh-mish, kahr-kee- ]

/ ˈkɑr kə mɪʃ, kɑrˈki- /

an ancient city in S Turkey, on the upper Euphrates: important city in the Mitanni kingdom; later the capital of the Hittite empire.

Example sentences from the Web for carchemish

They are broken into a number of separate states or kingdoms, of which Carchemish is the richest and most important.

Patriarchal Palestine |Archibald Henry Sayce
The fact has an important bearing on which the monuments of Hamath and Carchemish must be assigned.

The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 |Various
The Carchemish route was, of course, well known to caravans, but armed bodies had rarely occasion to make use of it.

History Of Egypt, Chalda, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 4 (of 12) |G. Maspero
That great mound of Carchemish needs to be thoroughly explored.

Beacon Lights of History, Volume XIV |John Lord

We have no historical account of the great battle of Carchemish.

History of Phoenicia |George Rawlinson

Carchemish

/ (ˈkɑːkəmɪʃ, kɑːˈkiː-) /

an ancient city in Syria on the Euphrates, lying on major trade routes; site of a victory of the Babylonians over the Egyptians (605 bc)