(June 15, 2014 at 12:19 pm)Minimalist Wrote:(June 15, 2014 at 1:41 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: Someone spilled some extra ink all over the damn map.
http://www.keyway.ca/htm2000/20000214.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Babylonian_Empire
http://www.prophecydepotministries.net/2...esolation/
The wiki map is correct. The third one is some bible bullshitter.
I can't open the first one.
Nonetheless, the wiki article is correct. The Egyptians, after trying to assist their Assyrian allies were defeated at Carchemish by the Babylonians in 605 BC. But the 26th dynasty held off Babylon until the Persians came along c 525.
Some sources say that Babylon defeated Egypt and took some of its territory. But you might be right about Babylon never occupying Egypt proper. http://biblehub.com/2_kings/24-7.htm It's sort of like the U.S. taking Mexican territory without actually occupying Mexico proper, although we did invade Mexico and defeated it.