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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.  Synonym: Chaldaea.
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, Chaldaea.



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"Chaldea" Quotes from Famous Books



... and then departed in a caravan bound for Persia. Passing the river Euphrates, the chiefest of the rivers which irrigated the terrestrial paradise, when about four days journey from Aleppo, I entered into Mesopotamia, or Chaldea. Hence, in two days journey, I reached Ur of the Chaldees, where Abraham was born, a very delicate and pleasant city.[246] I remained here four days; and in other four days journey reached the Tigris, ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume IX. • Robert Kerr

... before the wind which is let loose upon mankind; history is full of the shipwrecks of nations and empires; manners, customs, laws, religions,—and some fine day that unknown force, the hurricane, passes by and bears them all away. The civilizations of India, of Chaldea, of Persia, of Syria, of Egypt, have disappeared one after the other. Why? We know not. What are the causes of these disasters? We do not know. Could these societies have been saved? Was it their fault? Did they persist in the fatal vice which destroyed them? ...
— Les Miserables - Complete in Five Volumes • Victor Hugo

... themselves above the ship, her prayers, mingled with love for us, ascended higher still, and overcame all. At the foot of Mount Ararat she doubtless remembered the bow of promise; and her consolations were renewed, when she thought of it as a prophecy, that a company of the fallen daughters of Chaldea should become heirs of glory. She so labored, that her influence is widening from ...
— Woman And Her Saviour In Persia • A Returned Missionary

... romance and subsequent poetry is curious. In Chaldea, before the fargards were, the story of Creation, of Eden, and of the fall had been told. In Egypt, before the Avesta was written, the resurrection and the life were known. Similar legends and prospects may or may ...
— The Lords of the Ghostland - A History of the Ideal • Edgar Saltus

... of my King!" replied Aladin. "May truth at length reach your heart, which is so difficult of access! I wish not by a false relation to deceive your Majesty; the story I am going to relate is well known throughout all Chaldea." ...
— Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers • Various

... "very strange. I haven't smelt that perfume since I was with the excavators at Chaldea. A real Oriental flavor, ...
— The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton • E. Phillips Oppenheim



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



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