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Chaldaea

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.  Synonym: Chaldea.
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).  Synonyms: Babylonia, Chaldea.





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... usurpation of Thornhills and Hazeldeans—dreams in which Audley Egerton's gold and power—rooms in Downing Street, and saloons in Grosvenor Square—had passed away to the smiling dreamer, as the empire of Chaldaea passed to Darius the Median. Why visions so belying the gloomy and anxious thoughts that preceded them should visit the pillow of Randal Leslie, surpasses my philosophy to conjecture. He yielded, however, passively ...
— The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II • Various


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


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