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  • Meanwhile, the Persian [[Achaemenid Empire]] to the east, led by [[Cyrus the Great]], had been gaining strength. King Cyrus had beco ...se histories from times of change and dissolving order in the ancient Near East'' (Winona Lake IN: Eisenbrauns 2007), 137–66.</ref>
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  • ...Orthodox Church]], [[Syriac Catholic Church]] and [[Ancient Church of the East]]. Most are in northern [[Iraq]], northwestern [[Iran]], southeastern [[Tur ...Chaldeans threatened by extremists – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East|work=Al-Monitor|accessdate=18 February 2015}}</ref>
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  • ...n Rassam]] was from Mosul and was archdeacon in the Chaldean Church of the East; his mother Theresa was a daughter of [[Ishaak Halabee]] of [[Aleppo, Syria ...ry of Noah, caused much debate at the time about the Biblical narrative of ancient history.
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  • ...Chaldeans threatened by extremists – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East|work=Al-Monitor|accessdate=18 February 2015}}</ref>}} ...ames of Syriac Christians]]), are an [[ethnic group]] whose origins lie in ancient [[Mesopotamia]]. They speak, read, and write distinct dialects of Chaldean
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  • ...[[Chaldean Catholic Church]]</ref>, originally called ''The Church of the East'', which was that part of the original universal church (Catholicos) until ...st [[Iran]] and southeast [[Turkey]], (a region roughly corresponding with ancient [[Mesopotamia]]) [[Chaldean | Chaldean people]] communities are found in th
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  • ...sul: with notices of the vernacular of the Jews of Azerbaijan and of Zakhu near Mosul''. Cambridge University Press, London.</ref> spoken throughout a larg ...ated number of speakers just below 1,500,000, spread throughout the Middle East and the Chaldean diaspora. More than 90% of these speak either the Chaldean
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  • ...haldeans]] who share a common language of Chaldean [[Eastern Aramaic]] and ancient [[Mesopotamia]] in-[[ Chaldean]] ancestry who migrated outside of their ori ...thodox Church]], [[Chaldean Catholic Church]], and [[Ancient Church of the East]].
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  • ...estivals – the first [[cookbook]]s in the world.<ref name="Salloum" /> [[Ancient Iraq]], or ''[[Mesopotamia]]'', was home to a sophisticated and highly adva ...stone fruits.<ref name=OCF/> ''[[Babylonia|Al-Irāq]]'' (Iraq proper, the ancient Babylonia) grows [[rice]] and [[barley]], [[Citrus|citrus fruits]], and is
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  • |region = Middle East ...nian ruling period ended with the reign of [[Nabonidus]] in 539 BC. To the east, the Persians had been growing in strength, and eventually [[Cyrus the Grea
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  • ...|Chaldean church in Mesopotamia Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran|Church of the East in India|Chaldean Syrian Church}} ...tle]], [[Addai]] and [[Saint Mari|Mari]]; emerged from the [[Church of the East]] in the 3rd Century
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  • The following is a '''list of the kings of [[Babylonia]]''' (ancient [[Sumer|southern]]-[[Akkadian Empire|central]] [[Iraq]]), compiled from the ...ery specific ancient list of supposed Babylonian kings recorded in several ancient locations, and related to its predecessor, the [[Sumerian King List]]. As i
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  • ...se histories from times of change and dissolving order in the ancient Near East'' (Winona Lake IN: Eisenbrauns 2007), 137-66.</ref> ...r]].<ref>A. Kuhrt, "'Ex oriente lux': How we may widen our perspectives on ancient history", in R. Rollinger, A. Luther and J. Wiesehöfer (eds.), ''Getrennte
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  • ...007 |publisher=Blackwell |location=Malden |series=Blackwell History of the Ancient World |isbn=978-1-4051-4911-2 }} {{Ancient Syria and Mesopotamia}}
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  • ...007 |publisher=Blackwell |location=Malden |series=Blackwell History of the Ancient World |isbn=978-1-4051-4911-2 }} {{Ancient Syria and Mesopotamia}}
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  • ...007 |publisher=Blackwell |location=Malden |series=Blackwell History of the Ancient World |isbn=978-1-4051-4911-2 }} {{Ancient Syria and Mesopotamia}}
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  • ...[[Chaldean Catholic Church]]</ref>, originally called ''The Church of the East'', which was that part of the original universal church (Catholicos) until ...st [[Iran]] and southeast [[Turkey]], (a region roughly corresponding with ancient [[Mesopotamia]]) [[Chaldean | Chaldean people]] communities are found in th
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  • ...k-Latn|rêš-šattim}}'', "head of the year") was a [[spring festival]] in ancient [[Mesopotamia]].The Chaldean Babylonian Akitu festival was celebrated origi ...coming from [[Nippur]], [[Uruk]], [[Kish (Sumer)|Kish]], and Eridu (cities ancient Babylonia). The Gods accompanying Nabu would be represented by statues whic
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  • ...ection.|date=22 Jan 2002|accessdate =7 April 2012}}</ref> In addition, one ancient tradition was the staining of Easter eggs with the colour red "in memory of ...of ostrich eggs in gold and silver, were commonly placed in graves of the ancient Sumerians and Egyptians as early as 5,000 years ago.<ref>Treasures from Roy
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  • ...wski, ''The Correspondence of the Kings of Ur: An Epistolary History of an Ancient Mesopotamian Kingdom'', Winona Lake, 2011.</ref>. ...), ''The Organization of Power: Aspects of Bureaucracy in the ancient Near East'', Chicago, 1987, {{p.}}19-41</ref>.
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  • ...akkari. Stelae with this type of relief are not common in the ancient Near East however there are many close parallels between these and those produced by ...n affected by the massacres were adherents of the [[Assyrian Church of the East]] (often dubbed [[Nestorianism|Nestorian]]), who have originally inhabited
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