Chaldeans

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The Chaldeans were an ancient Semitic people of southern Mesopotamia, closely associated with Babylon and known for their role in the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Semitic people
ancient people
afterConquest assimilated into broader Mesopotamian population
associatedWithCity Babylon
Ur
Uruk
associatedWithDynasty Neo-Babylonian dynasty
closelyAssociatedWith Babylon
culturalSphere Babylonian culture
linked to: Babylonians
economicActivity agriculture
animal husbandry
trade
ethnicGroupOf southern Mesopotamia
eventuallyConqueredBy Achaemenid Empire
inhabitedRegion marshlands of southern Mesopotamia
integratedInto Babylonian population
knownFor astrology
astronomy
divination
priestly scholarship
role in Neo-Babylonian Empire
languageFamily Semitic languages
locatedIn Mesopotamia
southern Babylonia
mentionedAs Kasdim
mentionedIn Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh
partOf Neo-Babylonian Empire
partOfHistoricalRegion Fertile Crescent
politicalRole royal house of Babylon
tribal confederation
producedRuler Nabonidus
Nabopolassar
Nebuchadnezzar II
regionCorrespondsRoughlyTo Sealand
regionNowIn modern Iraq
linked to: Iraq
religion Mesopotamian polytheism
reputationInAntiquity expert astrologers
wise men
roseToPowerIn 7th century BCE
spoke Akkadian
Aramaic
termAlsoUsedFor Babylonian astrologer-priests
timePeriod first millennium BCE
late second millennium BCE
worshippedDeity Ishtar
linked to: Inanna

Marduk
Nabu
writingSystemUsed cuneiform

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2 Chronicles 36 mentions Chaldeans
East Syriac script usedByCommunity Chaldean people
linked to: Chaldeans
Iraqi American hasSubgroup Chaldean American
linked to: Chaldeans
Nabopolassar ethnicGroup Chaldeans
Syriac alphabet usedByCommunity Chaldean people
linked to: Chaldeans
Syriacs relatedGroup Chaldeans
Iraqi people ethnicComponent Chaldean people
linked to: Chaldeans
Sureth ethnicGroup Chaldean Assyrians
linked to: Chaldeans
Ur Kasdim linkedTo Chaldeans
Alqosh dialect associatedEthnicGroup Chaldean people
linked to: Chaldeans
Terah ethnicity Chaldean (biblical context)
linked to: Chaldeans
Patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldeans associatedEthnicity Chaldean people
linked to: Chaldeans
Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans associatedEthnicity Chaldean people
linked to: Chaldeans
Louis Raphaël I Sako ethnicGroup Chaldean
linked to: Chaldeans
Kasdim refersTo Chaldeans
Kasdim refersToEthnicGroup Chaldeans of southern Mesopotamia
linked to: Chaldeans
Kasdim standardEnglishRendering Chaldeans
Chaldea associatedWith Chaldeans
Chaldea associatedWith Chaldean people
linked to: Chaldeans
Chaldea ethnicGroup Chaldeans
Chaldea ethnicDesignation Chaldean
linked to: Chaldeans
Nergal-šarra-uṣur ethnicGroup Chaldean
linked to: Chaldeans