Most scholars agree that God created the Garden of Eden in Mesopotamia — the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers–and that he placed the first people there–Adam and Eve. Image Credit: Detail of a Map from the Student Bible Atlas by Tim Dowley: On the above map, Mesopotamia is the upper area that is colored dark…
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Who Were the Chaldeans? Where Is Chaldea? Were the Magi Chaldean?
“Chaldea[1] (/kælˈdiːə/) was a small country that existed between the late 10th or early 9th and mid-6th centuries BC, after which the country and its people were absorbed and assimilated into the indigenous population of Babylonia.[2] Semitic-speaking, it Chaldea[1] (/kælˈdiːə/) was a small country that existed between the late 10th or early 9th and mid-6th centuries BC, after which…