ChaldeansReil Benedict S. ObinqueRaeesa B. PiangMary Pauline R.
Ticong
Chaldean/Neo-Babylonian EmpireThe Chaldean Empire, which lasted
from the year 625 B.C. until 539 B.C. inhabited the coastal area
near the Persian Gulf. In the year 630 B.C. Nabopolassar became the
King of the Chaldeans.
EconomicalRise of Cities Job SpecializationsPublic
WorksCulturalComplex ReligionsArts and
ArchitectureWritingPoliticalOrganized GovernmentSocial Classes
EconomicalRise of Cities - Chaldeans were Semitic people of
Arabian origin who settled in southern Mesopotamia.- TradingsJob
Specializations- Farmers and Traders- Astronomers- Sundial by
Berosus- Seven-Day Calendar- Soldiers- CarpentersPublic Works-
Canals- Walls (25m ft. thick)
CulturalComplex Religions- PolytheismArts and Architecture-The
Hanging Gardens of BabylonWriting-Phoenician
Alphabet-Pictographs
PoliticalOrganized Government - Goverment: Monarchy - 625-605 BC
Nabopolassar - 605-562 BC Nebuchadnezzar II - 556-539 BC
NabonidusSocial Classes - Awilu - Upper Class - Mushkenu - Lower
Class - Wardu (Slaves)
