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古王國名
資料來源 : WordNet®
Chaldea
n 1: an ancient region of Mesopotamia lying between the Euphrates
delta and the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert;
settled in 1000 BC and destroyed by the Persians in 539
BC; reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar
II [syn: {Chaldaea}]
2: an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia
conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews
to Babylon (where the Daniel became a counselor to the
king) [syn: {Babylonia}, {Chaldaea}]