Battle of Qarqar
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The <entity_1> (or Ḳarḳar) 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 <entity_4> 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. This <entity_5>, fought during the 854–846 BCE <entity_0>, is notable for having a larger number of combatants than any previous <entity_5>, and for being the first instance in which some peoples enter recorded history, such as the Arabs. The ancient town of <entity_4> at which the <entity_5> took place has generally been identified with the modern-day archaeological site of <entity_3> near the village of Qarqur in Hama Governorate, northwestern <entity_6>. Continuing his march after having sacked <entity_4>, he encountered the allied forces near the <entity_2>. The most famous example is in the Kurkh Monoliths, where an alliance of 11 kings are listed as 12 in the Assyrian document as fighting against Assyrian King Shalmaneser III in the <entity_5> of <entity_4>. If Shalmaneser had won a clear victory at <entity_4>, it did not immediately lead to further Assyrian conquests in <entity_6>.
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