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<p>Book 2:159:</p>

<p>Necho soon captured Kadesh on the Orontes and moved forward, joining forces with Ashur-uballit and together they crossed the Euphrates and laid siege to Harran. Although Necho became the first <a href="page.php?w=pharaoh">pharaoh</a> to cross the Euphrates since <a href="page.php?w=Thutmose_III">Thutmose III</a>, he failed to capture Harran, and retreated back to northern <a href="page.php?w=Syria">Syria</a>. At this point, Ashur-uballit vanished from history, and the Assyrian Empire was conquered by the Babylonians.</p>

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