Chaldeans

**Major Accomplishments of the Chaldeans:**
After the Assyrians fell, the Chaldean empire dominated the entire fertile crescent and had independence for around 70 years. Chaldeans were sometimes called the new Babylonians, descended from the people of Hammurabis Babylonian empire of the 1700s B.C.King =King Nebychadnezzar:= == • Nebychadnezzar was the Chaldeans most powerful and prominant ruler and they reached the height of the Chaldeans power during his reign from 605 B.C. to 562 B.C.

• King Nebychadnezzar is possibly the most memorable ruler of the Babylonians. He accomplished the most of their time and made the city famous with artworks and the conquering of the old Babylon and the Fertile Crescent.

• Nebychadnezzar extended the boundaries as far west as Syria and Canaan as he conquered the city of Jerusalem and the phoenician city-state of Tyre. He was know was known for the way he rebuilt Babylon.

• King Nebychadnezzar conquered Jerusalem and forced the Hebrews to move to Babylon.

• Nebychadnezzar also turned Babylonian into the most beautiful city of the ancient world.

• Nebychadnezzar had created these hanging gardens for his wife. The gardens were located Babylon, which was the capital of many empires. A mystery of the gardens is how enough water to support the plants was transported so high in the air.

•Its hanging gardens were part of the seven wonders of the world at the time.

• The hanging gardens were on top of Nebychadnezzar's palace. They were placed there because his wife from the mountains was homesick so he wanted to make the = = city more appealing to her.

[[image:file:nebu.jpg]]**Chaldean Unique Side:**
• The New Babylonians forced the people of Judah into a Babylonian exile in 586 BC.

• The Chaldeans took over the Assryian capital of Nineveh in 1612 B.C.

• Another amazing landmark was the immense wall that stood fifty feet tall around the city to look out over 100 yards on people coming near.

• The Babylonians interests in astrology and recordings of moon phases and the stars helped lay down the foundation for astrologers of a later time.

• The Chaldeans were the first civilization to come up with what is now our understanding of mathematics.

• The language that the Chaldeans used was assumed to be Aramaic.

•The Chaldeans were little-known Semitic people. They became the ruling class of the New Babylonian.

• They made great progress in science, particularly astronomy and mathematics. The Greeks were strongly influenced by the Chaldeans.

• The towering ziggurat temples the astrologer-priests were known to read the stars. They could even predict eclipses.

• The lion below is one out of 120 lined at the Processional Way from the Ishtar Gate to the Temple of Marduk at Babylon. They were made during the time when Nebychadnezzar was king.



**Historical Events & People That Defined This Civilization:**
• Nebuchadnezzar was king of the Babylonian Empire from 605 to 562 B.C. • Nebuchadnezzar was one of the most famous kings of the ancient world • Was known for his big building projects and for the conquering of Jerusalem • Were conquered by the Persian king Cyrus the Great, Babylon still remained a great city
 * Events/ People:**


 * Irrigation of Babylonia**



•King Nebychadnezzar is possibly the most memorable ruler of the Babylonians. He accomplished the most of their time and made the city famous with artworks and the conquering of the old Babylon and the Fertile Crescent.

•Another known leader was Nabopolassar.

**Historical connections between your civilizations and other civilizations:**
•After Nebychadnezzar's death weak kings ruled and poor crops grew, eventually the Persians under the rule of Cryus came to the mountains of the northeast, and conquered the Chaldean empire. They fought with the Assryans over control.

•Chaldea was eventually conquered by Cyrus and Persia in 539 B.C. After the conquest, Babylonia became part of the Persian empire