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  • Damietta, Egypt
    Saturday May 24, 853
    Byzantine Empire

    Sack of Damietta

    Damietta, Egypt
    Saturday May 24, 853

    The Byzantines then counter-attacked and sacked Damietta in Egypt.




  • Qarqar, Hama, Syria
    853 BC
    Arameans

    Battle of Qarqar

    Qarqar, Hama, Syria
    853 BC

    The Battle of Qarqar was fought in 853 BCE when the army of the Neo-Assyrian Empire led by Emperor Shalmaneser III encountered an allied army of eleven kings at Qarqar led by Hadadezer, called in Assyrian Adad-idir and possibly to be identified with King Benhadad II of Aram-Damascus; and Ahab, king of Israel.




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