Chaldea

Also known as Chaldeans

thumb|350px|The Chaldean tribes in Babylonia during the 1st millennium BC.

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Chaldea was a region in ancient Babylonia (modern-day southern Iraq) inhabited by Chaldean tribes during the first millennium BC. It matters historically because the Chaldeans became an important part of Babylonian civilization and culture during this period.

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Name
Land
Ancient Chaldeans
Language
History
End of the Chaldean dynasty
Legacy
Impact on Assyrian identity
References
Sources
External links

thumb|350px|The Chaldean tribes in Babylonia during the 1st millennium BC.

Chaldea () refers to a region probably located in the marshy land of southern Mesopotamia. It is mentioned, with varying meaning, in Neo-Assyrian cuneiform, the Hebrew Bible, and in classical Greek texts. The Hebrew Bible uses the term (Kaśdim), and this is translated as Chaldaeans in the Christian Greek Old Testament.

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