Were the Babylonians related to the ancient Semite people?
More specifically, were Jesus Christ and his mother related to them considering the location?
Jews and Babylonians were different nations, a period of Jewish history is their captivity in Babylon.
Both were Semites, and both spoke Aramaic languages, but Aramaic wasnt their native language, the native language of Jews was Hebrew, and the native language of Babylonians was Akkadian.
They were different nations of the same group, like the Dutch and Austrians.
>>3060589
It wasn't the original language. But it was their native language. Both Hebrew and Akkadian became classical.
>>3060383
Babylon was founded by the akkadians who were Semitic. Aramean was spread because the Assyrians spread the people they conquered throughout their empire
>>3060383
The Neo-Babylonian Empire at this point was run and largely populated by Chaldeans who were not originally indigenous to Babylon.
The earliest Babylonians were Semites, although there were a lot of Sumerian-speakers there too and Sumerian was the liturgical language of the babylonians
>>3060589
>and the native language of Babylonians was Akkadian
What?