شلاما
لمعرفة راي المورخين في شان ومصير الكلدان بعد سقوط بابل بايدي كورش ننصح بقراءة ما يلي
والذي يقول بان الكلدان انتهوا كقوم بعد مجيء كورش
وبقى يرمز للمشتغلين بامو ر التنجيم والفلك وغيرها من العلوم انذاك باسم الكدان
هذا من باب ما يجب ان نعرفه من اراء المورخين
اما ما يحلو للبعض ان يتسمى به فهو حر ومل واحد منا حر في اختيار الاسم القومي له ولكن للمورخين كلمه الفصل لدى الدارسين والمهتمين بالشوون التاريخية
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When the Chaldean empire was absorbed into the Persian, the name Chaldean lost its meaning as the name of a race of men, and came to be applied to a class. The Persians found the Chaldeans masters of reading and writing, and especially versed in all forms of incantation, in sorcery, witchcraft, and the magical arts. They quite naturally spoke of astrologists and astronomers as Chaldeans. It therefore resulted that Chaldean came to mean astrologist. In this sense it is used in the Book of Daniel (Dan. i. 4, ii. 2 et seq.), and with the same meaning it is used by the classical writers (for example, by Strabo).
The language used by the Chaldeans was Semitic Babylonian, the same, save for slight peculiarities in sound and in characters, as Assyrian. In late periods the Babylonian language ceased to be spoken, and Aramaic took its place. One form of this widespread language is used in Daniel and Ezra, but the use of the name Chaldee for
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