Halule ( akk, Ḫalulê, a transliteration of cuneiform written ''Ha-le-lu-e'') was a city that is unrecognized archaeologically, although there are speculations that its ruins should be sought somewhere near
Baghdad. The city is known mainly for the
Battle of Halule in 691 BC between the armies of the Assyrian king
Sennacherib (705–681 BC) and the combined armies of the
Babylonia
Babylonia (; Akkadian: , ''māt Akkadī'') was an ancient Akkadian-speaking state and cultural area based in the city of Babylon in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq and parts of Syria). It emerged as an Amorite-ruled state c. ...
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Arameans
The Arameans ( oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; syc, ܐܪ̈ܡܝܐ, Ārāmāyē) were an ancient Semitic-speaking people in the Near East, first recorded in historical sources from the late 12th century BCE. The Aramean ...
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Chaldeans
Chaldean (also Chaldaean or Chaldee) may refer to:
Language
* an old name for the Aramaic language, particularly Biblical Aramaic
* Chaldean Neo-Aramaic, a modern Aramaic language
* Chaldean script, a variant of the Syriac alphabet
Places
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Elamites and peoples from the
Zagros Mountains.
References
Babylonian cities
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