Chaldea

Chal·de·a or Chal·dae·a  (kl-d)

An ancient region of southern Mesopotamia. Settled c. 1000 b.c., it reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar II. The Chaldean empire was destroyed by Persians in 539 b.c.

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Chaldea, Chaldaea [kælˈdiːə]

n

1. (Placename) an ancient region of Babylonia; the land lying between the Euphrates delta, the Persian Gulf, and the Arabian desert

2. (Placename) another name for Babylonia

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Chaldea - 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 Chaldaea 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
	2.	Chaldea - 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) Babylonia, Chaldaea battle of Cunaxa, Cunaxa - battle in 401 BC when the Artaxerxes II defeated his younger brother who tried to usurp the throne 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 Babylon - the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia 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