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The rest of Babylonians (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list)
Assyrian identity in post-Empire times
12 Assyrian Identity
12.02 Assyrian identity in post-Empire times
Babylon as capital of Assyria
12 Assyrian Identity
12.02 Assyrian identity in post-Empire times
12.02.03 Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources
12.02.03.02 Identification of the Babylonian Empire with Assyria/Syria
12.02.03.02.01 Babylon as capital of Assyria

Keywords
Babylonians
Chaldeans

Period
10th century CE

Channel
No channel specified

Text
al-Masˁūdī, Tanbīh 161:
The Chaldeans are the same as the Babylonians, the rest of whom nowadays live in the lowlands between Wāsiṭ and Basra in villages. They turn towards the Northern Pole and the Capricorn in their prayer.

Source (list of abbreviations)
al-Masˁūdī, Tanbīh 161

Bibliography

Hämeen-Anttila 2002, 91

Hämeen-Anttila, Jaakko. “Continuity of Pagan Religious Traditions in Tenth-Century Iraq.” In: A. Panaino and G. Pettinato (eds.). Ideologies as Intercultural Phenomena. Melammu Symposia 3. Milan: Universita di Bologna & IsIAO 2002, 89-108. [PDF]

Amar Annus

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