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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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.

Nabopolassar ethnicGroup Chaldeans
Iraqi American hasSubgroup Chaldeans
this entity surface form: Chaldean American
2 Chronicles 36 mentions Chaldeans
this entity surface form: Chaldean people