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Chaldeans are a Semitic people from Northern Iraq and Southern Turkey. Historically they centered around the village of Tel Keppe (or Tal Kayf ), located near Mosul, Iraq. They predate the Islamic opening, being descended from the original inhabitants of Mesopotamia. They speak a language known as Chaldean Neo-Aramaic , which is rooted in ancient Aramaic and has an alphabet close to that of Hebrew and Arabic. Some 120,000 people speak this language in Iraq, with another 70,000 speakers living in the United States. Chaldeans are Christian, with the majority belonging to the Chaldean Catholic Church, and were one of the first peoples to be converted to that religion by St. Thomas in 33 A.D. All belonged to the Eastern Orthodox Church until 1552Events April War between Henry II of France and Emperor Charles V. Henry invades Lorraine and captures Toul, Metz, and Verdun. October December Unsuccessful Siege of Metz by Charles V October 2 Khanate of Kazan falls to troops of Ivan IV of Russia Russia, when missionariesA missionary is a propagator of religion, often an evangelist or other representative of a religious community who works among those outside of that community. The English word "missionary" is derived from Latin, the equivalent of the Greek-derived word, from RomeRome ( Italian and Latin Roma is the capital city of Italy, and of its Lazio region. It is located on the lower Tiber river, near the Mediterranean Sea, at 41°50'N, 12°15'E. The Vatican City State, a sovereign enclave within Rome, is the seat of the Roman reunited their riteA rite is an established, ceremonious, usually religious act. Rites fall into three major categories: rites of passage, generally changing an individual's social status, such as marriage, or Christian baptism rites of worship, where a community comes toge with the PopeThis article is about the Catholic pope. See Pope (disambiguation) for other meanings of the word pope. The Pope is the Catholic bishop and patriarch of Rome, and ex officio supreme spiritual leader of what might be called the Catholic Communion (that is,. Those who remained with the Orthodox church have refered to themselves as AssyrianNote This article has been the subject of contention and is currently being completely re-edited at Assyrian/Revision For the ancient Mesopotamian kingdom, see Assyria. Assyrians are the indigenous people of north Iraq members of the Assyrian Church of th since the split. The total population of Chaldeans is estimated at 1 million world-wide. There are today some 300,000 of these in the United States, with 150,000 using the title Chaldean and the remainder belonging the Assyrian Church. Major populations of Chaldeans are found around Detroit, MI and San Diego, CA - while Assyrians are concentrated around Chicago, IL. Elsewhere in the world, an estimated 100,000 Chaldeans live around Baghdad, Iraq. Around 3,000 remain in Tel Keppe.
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