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She won't accept any label.  She's the queen of denial.

But seriously, culture of the parents is a factor.  Who they worked for is a factor.

If it can't be known conclusively, sometimes we take these factors into account and take a best-guess.  Like with Delilah.  The Bible doesn't say she was Philistine, but she certainly worked for them.  But she had to be bribed, so she may have been from a third-party culture.  Her name might even be Hebrew!  Talk about evil!

Egyptian yes.  Babylonian no.  The Chaldeans may not have been part of the Babylonian culture back then.

Yes, because at that time (Nebuchadnezzar), Chaldeans ruled Babylon.  So they were all part of the same Neo-Babylonian empire.

But WAY back in the time of Abraham, the Chaldeans were mainly down in the south, down by the Persian Gulf.  Right around Ur.  The Babylonians were a smaller group at the time, and were centered around the city of Babylon, north of the Chaldeans.

I may not be exactly right on my timing of when they merged, but the Chaldeans and Babylonians were distinct groups at many times.

This really got me thinking about this more, regarding heroes who live elsewhere.

Examples:

Are Aquila and Priscilla Romans since they lived in Rome for a time?
Are heroes who lived in Greece (i.e. Athens, Corinth) considered Greeks?
Are Daniel and his friends, and Ezekiel considered Babylonians (Maybe Daniel for political purposes)?
Are Esther and Moredecai considered Persians (Maybe politically?)
Are Moses, Aaron, Miriam, Jochebed, Jacob, Joseph considered Egyptians?  (Moses and Joseph I could understand from the "political" viewpoint- the rest not so much.)
Do Nehemiah, Ezra, Zerubbabel and their generation of heroes have a Babylonian or Persian classification?

Do you see how difficult this becomes?

I don't consider most of the above to fit those classifications because they 1) Are heroes, 2) Did not immerse themselves in the wicked culture of where they were living for a time.

From a game standpoint I'm not even sure how often this would come up, unless one of these heroes was converted to an EC, or maybe in side battles?  But I would like to see some clarification regarding how we classify characters by culture.  Thanks again.

Are Esther and Moredecai considered Persians (Maybe politically?)

esther is already persian. see: epic esther/hamans gallows combo.

Lets say, theoretically, I was able to trace my heritage waaaay back to David. Would I be considered a philistine?

(Trying to get tricky here )

you could be considered a nazi.

Examples:

Are Aquila and Priscilla Romans since they lived in Rome for a time?
Are heroes who lived in Greece (i.e. Athens, Corinth) considered Greeks?
Are Daniel and his friends, and Ezekiel considered Babylonians (Maybe Daniel for political purposes)?
Are Esther and Moredecai considered Persians (Maybe politically?)
Are Moses, Aaron, Miriam, Jochebed, Jacob, Joseph considered Egyptians?  (Moses and Joseph I could understand from the "political" viewpoint- the rest not so much.)
Do Nehemiah, Ezra, Zerubbabel and their generation of heroes have a Babylonian or Persian classification?

Daniel and Friends are not. They were born in Israel to Israeli parents.
as far as the egyptians go, I would say they should be. they had a long lineage of people who lived and were born in egypt.

SHH. Delete the first part of the post. I'm trying to be tricky!

done?