Government:

ECONOMY:

• The Chaldeans had a semi-constitutional monarchy
• Most successful leader is Nebuchadnezzar II eldest son, famous is Nabopolassar
• He is very successful
• He was a moderately kind harsh traditional ruler, made men and women fairly equal in terms of school, enforced religious laws
• Encouraged gods and other faiths
• Treated captives humanely
• Lasted 604-562 B.C.
• Held frequent military campaigns
• Low regard for poor

• http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Nebuchadnezzar.aspx
  

• Most common Occupation: farmers
• Economy relied heavily on trade or barter
• Trade was a necessity for daily life
• Traded by foot or used the Euphrates or Tigris River
• Traded for gems and precious stone, wine, and timber
• Had vineyards and wheat and corn and barley
• Used wooden ploughs to soften soil before planting
• invented writing system to document transactions
• No money they used the Barter System, or trade
• Often use sheep and oxen for meat

• http://chaldea.wikispaces.com/trading
  

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TRADE:

Had grain, oils, and textiles
Had low natural resources

HoW DID THEY TRADE?

Traveled by:

• Foot: Could carry small items
• Donkeys: Could carry textiles, grain, and  wine
• Cart: Could carry fish, metals, and bricks

Traded for gems, precious stone, metal, and timber