WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -The Chaldeans, who inhabited the coastal area near the Persian Gulf, had never been entirely pacified by the Assyrians. About 630 Nabopolassar became king of the Chaldeans. In 626 he forced the Assyrians out of Uruk and crowned himself king of Babylonia. He took part in the wars aimed at the destruction of Assyria.

Detailed explanation-2: -Assyria was at the height of its power, but persistent difficulties controlling Babylonia would soon develop into a major conflict. At the end of the seventh century, the Assyrian empire collapsed under the assault of Babylonians from southern Mesopotamia and Medes, newcomers who were to establish a kingdom in Iran.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nabopolassar: He was the first ruler of the Chaldean Empire, and took over Uruk from the control of the Assyrians in 626 B.C.E.

Detailed explanation-4: -There is a possibility that some who call themselves Chaldeans today were Assyrians in origin and others who call themselves Assyrians were Chaldeans. Chaldeans and Assyrians eventually absorbed one another. What distinguishes them today are their religious sect affiliations and their dialects.