Chaldaea

Because of its Mosaic origin, Cabala was holier to Pico than the pagan wisdom that Ficino had traced to Zoroaster and Hermes Trismegistus, in ancient Chaldaea and Egypt, where Ficino found the beginnings of Platonic philosophy.

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola Copenhaver, Brian 2008

Part of astrology's credibility was its pedigree, its long descent from sages of ancient Chaldaea and Egypt.

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola Copenhaver, Brian 2008

[31] So Cyrus spoke, convinced that the ambassadors from Armenia and Chaldaea would speak of him as he desired all men might do.

Cyropaedia 2007

Chaldaea and Egypt are counted the most ancient philosophers; and those countries were the most ancient of kingdoms.

Leviathan 2007

Today I begin to understand the Nabopolassar from Chaldaea — I am the greatest man in the world, from Oceanus Atlanticus all the way to the River Indus!

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

I have with me a certain Chaldaean, the Nabopolassar, who comes not from Babylon but from Chaldaea proper, where the Euphrates delta runs into the Persian Sea.

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

Assyria known at the present day; we are, nevertheless, able to trace it in ancient Persia and by inference in Egypt, in Chaldaea and in ancient

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various

The walls of the Assyrian palaces were lined with sculptured and coloured slabs of stone, instead of being painted as in Chaldaea.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various

Semitic Babylonian literature was translated from Sumerian originals, and the language of religion and law long continued to be the old agglutinative language of Chaldaea.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various

We know of other early kings of Chaldaea who were similarly raised to the rank of gods.

The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 Various