Chaldea was a region in southern Mesopotamia, along the marshes near the head of the Persian Gulf, inhabited by Chaldean tribes who spoke a Semitic language related to Aramaic. From about the ninth century BCE they became a growing political force in Babylonia, and some Chaldean chiefs, such as Marduk-apla-iddina II, led revolts against Assyrian rule. Nabopolassar, a Chaldean, founded the Neo-Babylonian dynasty that overthrew the Assyrians. In later Greek and Roman writing, the word Chaldean came to mean a Babylonian priest or astronomer, and Chaldean astrology was famed throughout the ancient world. The term is also used in the Bible for Babylonia and its people.
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