- Chaldi
Chaldi — a people who inhabited the southeastern Black Sea coast during the Bronze Age (now part of Turkey). During the same period, the Hattians lived near them, possibly linguistically related. The question of kinship with the Chaldean people in Mesopotamia remains open. Ancient Greek authors mention the Chaldi alongside their neighbors the Chalybes to the west, the Mossynoeci, and the Tubals/Tabals/Tibareni among the first peoples to master the art of iron forging. The main sources on the history of the Chaldi are the works of Homer, Strabo, and Xenophon. During the Roman Empire, the Chaldi (Chaldoi) are mentioned as a tribe — the immediate neighbor of the Chalybes in Pontic Cappadocia, which was part of the Roman province of Pontus.
VARIANT NAMES: German Chaldaoi, Greek Χαλδοι, Καλδαιοι, Russian Khaldi, Khaldy.
Sources:
Ethnogenesis of the Abkhazians. D.A. Arshba, 2015