Chaldaea
region · 720 BC – 640 AD
Now unlocated, Chaldaea or Chaldea likely refers to a region located in the marshy lands of southern Mesopotamia. The toponym appears in numerous textual sources, including Neo-Assyrian cuneiform, the Hebrew Bible, and Classical Greek authors.
- Coordinates
- 29.31618, 48.26117
- Also known as
- Kaldu (akk), Χαλδαία (grc)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)