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 news 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)
chaldean girls, its adherents. 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 modern Chaldean-Assyrians. chaldeans language in old references refers to the Urartian language and peoples.
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