605 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	8th century BC – 7th century BC – 6th century BC
Decades:	630s BC 620s BC 610s BC – 600s BC – 590s BC 580s BC 570s BC
Years:	608 BC 607 BC 606 BC – 605 BC – 604 BC 603 BC 602 BC

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605 BC in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	605 BC
Ab urbe condita	149
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 60
- Pharaoh	Necho II, 6
Ancient Greek era	43rd Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4146
Bengali calendar	−1197
Berber calendar	346
Buddhist calendar	−60
Burmese calendar	−1242
Byzantine calendar	4904–4905
Chinese calendar	乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 2092 or 2032 — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 2093 or 2033
Coptic calendar	−888 – −887
Discordian calendar	562
Ethiopian calendar	−612 – −611
Hebrew calendar	3156–3157
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−548 – −547
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2497–2498
Holocene calendar	9396
Iranian calendar	1226 BP – 1225 BP
Islamic calendar	1264 BH – 1263 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1729
Minguo calendar	2516 before ROC 民前2516年
Thai solar calendar	−62 – −61

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Events

Battle of Carchemish—Crown Prince Nebuchadnezzar defeats the allied armies of Egypt and former Assyria, securing the Babylonian conquest of Assyria. (approximate date)
Battle of Hamath—Nebuchadnezzar II defeats the remainder of the Egyptian army after the Battle of Carchemish.
Nebuchadnezzar succeeds his father Nabopolassar as king of Babylonia.