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.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chaldean American | 1 |
| Chaldean people | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Semitic people
ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ |
| afterConquest | assimilated into broader Mesopotamian population ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity |
Babylon
ⓘ
Ur ⓘ Uruk ⓘ |
| associatedWithDynasty |
Neo-Babylonian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Neo-Babylonian dynasty
|
| closelyAssociatedWith | Babylon ⓘ |
| culturalSphere |
Babylonians
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonian culture
|
| 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 |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| partOf | Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ |
| partOfHistoricalRegion | Fertile Crescent ⓘ |
| politicalRole |
royal house of Babylon
ⓘ
tribal confederation ⓘ |
| producedRuler |
Nabonidus
ⓘ
Nabopolassar ⓘ Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ |
| regionCorrespondsRoughlyTo | Sealand ⓘ |
| regionNowIn |
Iraq
ⓘ
surface form:
modern 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 |
Inanna
ⓘ
surface form:
Ishtar
Marduk ⓘ Nabu ⓘ |
| writingSystemUsed | cuneiform ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Chaldean American
this entity surface form:
Chaldean people