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Chaldaea

noun

An ancient region of Mesopotamia lying between the Euphrates delta and the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert; settled in 1000 BC and destroyed by the Persians in 539 BC; reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar II. Synonym: Chaldea.

An ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king). Synonyms: Babylonia, Chaldea.

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... God who reigns immortally, "Where Babel's turrets paint their pride "Upon the Euphrates' shining tide,[4]— "Not even when to his midnight loves "In mystic majesty he moves, "Lighted by many an odorous fire, "And hymned by all Chaldaea's choir,— "E'er yet, o'er mortal brow, let shine "Such effluence of Love Divine, "As shall ...

— The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore • Thomas Moore et al

... nation, with the single exception of Egypt, until strictly modern times. There are, no doubt, gaps in the record; there are long periods for which the chronology is still uncertain. Naturally there is an increasing vagueness as one recedes farther into the past, and for the earlier history of Chaldaea there is great uncertainty. Nevertheless, the Assyriologist speaks with a good deal of confidence of dates as remote as 3800 B.C., the time ascribed to King Sargon, who was once regarded as a mythical person, but is now known to have been an actual monarch. ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 - "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" • Various

Words linked to "Chaldaea" : Cunaxa, Babylon, geographical area, Irak, Iraq, geographical region, battle of Cunaxa, Babylonia, Sumer, Mesopotamia, Republic of Iraq, Al-Iraq, geographic area, geographic region