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 (synset 108937654)
    is an instance of: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region - a demarcated area of the Earth
    is a part of:
    • al-iraq, irak, iraq, republic of iraq - a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq
    • mesopotamia - the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq
    same as: 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) (synset 108937276)
    domain member region: battle of cunaxa, cunaxa - battle in 401 BC when the Artaxerxes II defeated his younger brother who tried to usurp the throne
    domain region: babylon - the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia
    is an instance of: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region - a demarcated area of the Earth
    has: sumer - an area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq; site of the Sumerian civilization of city-states that flowered during the third millennium BC
    is a part of:
    • al-iraq, irak, iraq, republic of iraq - a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq
    • mesopotamia - the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq
    same as: babylonia, chaldaea

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