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Chaldean
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Chaldean (from Akkadian Kaldu, via Greek Χαλδαιος Chaldaios) may refer to:
- historical Babylonia, in particular in a Hellenistic context
- Chaldea, "the Chaldees" was a Hellenistic designation for a part of Babylonia.
- The 11th dynasty of Babylon (6th century BC) is conventionally known as the Chaldean Dynasty.
- Chaldean mythology is a generalized term used to refer to all the mythologies of ancient Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia.
- The Chaldean Oracles played a role in Hellenistic mystery religions of the first centuries BC and AD.
- "Chaldean" in Roman and medieval authors refers in particular to the mathematics and astrology of Babylonia, and hence of soothsayers or astrologers in general.
- the Chaldean Catholic Church (since 1553)
- the contemporary Chaldean Assyrians of adherents to this church.
- the Chaldean Neo-Aramaic spoken by Chaldean Catholics.
- "Chaldean script" is sometimes used to refer to the Eastern Syriac alphabet.
- the Chaldean Syrian Church in India.
- the Khaldi, called Chaldeans by classical authors though linguistically unrelated to the more recent Chaldean Assyrians.
- Chaldean language in old references refers to the Urartian language and peoples.
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