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# 500 Years of Confusion Ends Today
- URL: https://www.assyriapost.com/500-years-of-confusion-ends-today/
- Published: 2026-01-30T22:22:37.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-30T22:24:09.000Z
- Description: You are going to die one day and no one will know you even existed in the first place. It is a scary thought, but at least most people can take comfort in the fact that their identity will live on for eternity, even if their personal legacy gradually fades out of existence over time.
- Author: The Assyria Post
- Tags: Curated stories

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"Now, in 2020, while most of the world is scrambling to figure out how they will afford the best car or the most beautiful house, our people are on the brink of extinction.

Meanwhile, a handful of leaders in our community have emerged and are busy insisting on our people’s existence so that the world will know us long after our generation passes.

To me, that is what it means to be Chaldean.

However, in order to truly know what it means to be Chaldean, you must first know what it means to be Assyrian."

Read the full story [here](https://medium.com/@chrissalem/a-name-chaldeans-forgot-assyria-bea23450fa40?ref=assyriapost.com).