Chaldea

Chaldea
noun
1. 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
Syn: ↑Chaldaea
Derivationally related forms: ↑Chaldean, ↑Chaldaean
Part Holonyms: ↑Mesopotamia, ↑Iraq, ↑Republic of Iraq, ↑Al-Iraq, ↑Irak
2. 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)
Syn: ↑Babylonia, ↑Chaldaea
Derivationally related forms: ↑Chaldean, ↑Chaldaean
Regions: ↑Babylon
Members of this Region: ↑Cunaxa, ↑battle of Cunaxa
Part Holonyms: ↑Mesopotamia, ↑Iraq, ↑Republic of Iraq, ↑Al-Iraq, ↑Irak
Part Meronyms: ↑Sumer

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