Battle of Megiddo refers to one of the major battles fought near the ancient site of Megiddo in the Jezreel Valley of northern Israel. Of these, the first is by far the most common allusion:
- Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC), a battle between Ancient Egyptian forces under the pharaoh Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition
- Battle of Megiddo (609 BC), a battle between Egypt and Judea
- Battle of Megiddo (1918), a battle between British Empire forces and the Ottoman Empire
- Armageddon, the site of the final epic battle associated with end-time prophecies, and by extension, the battle itself
- Battle of Armageddon (Left Behind), an account of the prophesied epic battle from the Left Behind book series
Famous quotes containing the word battle:
“There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers battle with the heavens that cover them. Snow, rain, and mist highlight, drench, or conceal the vast towers, but those towers, hostile to mystery and blind to any sort of play, shear off the rains tresses and shine their three thousand swords through the soft swan of the fog.”
—Federico García Lorca (18981936)