CHALDEAN

'Chaldean' (from Akkadian ''Kaldu'', via Greek Χαλδαιος ''Chaldaios'') may refer to:
#historical 'Babylonia', in particular in a Hellenistic context
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★ Chaldea, ''"the Chaldees"'' was a Hellenistic designation for a part of Babylonia.
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★ The 11th dynasty of Babylon (6th century BC) is conventionally known as the Chaldean Dynasty.
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★ Chaldean mythology is a generalized term used to refer to all the mythologies of ancient Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia.
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★ The Chaldean Oracles played a role in Hellenistic mystery religions of the first centuries BC and AD.
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★ "Chaldean" 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)
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★ the contemporary Chaldean Assyrians of adherents to this church.
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★ the Chaldean Neo-Aramaic spoken by Chaldean Catholics.
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★ "Chaldean script" is sometimes used to refer to the Eastern Syriac alphabet.
#the 'Khaldi', called ''Chaldeans'' by classical authors though linguistically unrelated to the more recent Chaldean Assyrians.
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★ ''Chaldean language'' in old references refers to the Urartian language and peoples.