WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -This was because most Chaldeans were descendants of the people who made up Hammurabi’s empire about 1, 200 years earlier. They built a new capital at Babylon in which nearly 1 million people lived. Babylon was the world’s richest city up to that time. It had its own police force and postal system.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Chaldeans were known for revitalizing the cities of Babylon and Uruk. They were also prominent astronomers and astrologers. Another famous occurrence was the Babylonian Captivity, carried out by Nebuchadnezzar II.

Detailed explanation-3: -Chaldea, also spelled Chaldaea, Assyrian Kaldu, Babylonian Kasdu, Hebrew Kasddim, land in southern Babylonia (modern southern Iraq) frequently mentioned in the Old Testament.