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Title: The Chaldeans


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The Chaldeans
  • Section 2

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Chaldeans
  • Conquered the Assyrians in 612 B.C.
  • Called themselves Babylonians
  • They were descendants of people in Hammurabis day

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Nebuchadnezzar
  • Extended empire to Syria and Palestine
  • Built Hanging Gardens in Babylon for homesick
    wife

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Babylon
  • Richest city
  • Police force
  • Postal system
  • Brick wall for protection
  • Guarded by archers
  • ziggurat (temple) and palace in center

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  • Beautiful street near palace for parade of statue
    (Marduk thought to bring good crops and peace
    in empire)
  • Beyond center houses and marketplaces
  • Artisans pottery, baskets, cloth
  • Caravans (groups of traveling merchants) bought
    goods from markets

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Babylon Center of Science
  • Astronomers studied and plotted the stars, moon,
    planets, and sun
  • Created one of first sundials
  • First to develop seven day week

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Fall from Power
  • Began to lose control
  • 539 B.C. became part of Persian Empire
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