536 B
536 B
Chaldea, Chaldean
Facts
Chaldea was a region in southern Babylonia. The people who lived in this land were called Chaldeans.
- The city of Ur, where Abraham was from, was located in Chaldea.
- Around 600 BC, Chaldea became known as Babylonia.
- A few years after that time, Jerusalem was captured and the Israelites were exiled to Babylonia.
- Ten years after Jerusalem was captured, the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the temple there.
- The people living in Babylonia were still sometimes referred to as "Chaldeans."