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Chaldean Christians

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==History==
Chaldeans are native people of [[Mesopotamia|Mesopotamia]]. The term ''Chaldean'' are is also noted in the Holy Bible of the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] ''Ur Kasdim'' (according to long held Jewish tradition, the birthplace of Abraham in ''Chaldea'') as meaning ''Ur of the Chaldees''.<ref>Biblical Archaeology Review May/June 2001: Where Was Abraham's Ur? by Allan R. Millard</ref>
The modern Chaldean Catholics are native [[Chaldean people|Chaldeans]] of [[Mesopotamia|Mesopotamia ]] <ref>Nisan, M. 2002. Minorities in the Middle East: A History of Struggle for Self Expression .Jefferson: McFarland & Company. Jump up ^ http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/14225.html</ref> and originated from ancient Chaldean communities living in and indigenous to Iraq/Mesopotamia which was known as Chaldea from the 53rd century BC till today as [[Chaldeans Chaldean people| Chaldean people]] continue to survive in [[Mesopotamia]].
==Chaldeans in the Middle East==
*[[Church of the East]]
*[[Chaldea]]
*[[East Syrian Rite]]
*[[Emmanuel III Delly]]
*[[List of Chaldean settlements]]