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Assyrians
"Assyria
was a Semitic
Akkadian kingdom centered on the Upper
Tigris
river, in
Mesopotamia (present day
Iraq),
that came to rule regional empires a number of times
through history. It was named for its original
capital, the ancient city of
Assur
(Akkadian:
𒀸𒋗𒁺 𐎹
Aššūrāyu;
Arabic: أشورAššûr;
Hebrew: אַשּׁוּרAššûr,
Aramaic: ܐܬ݂ܘܿܪAṯur).
The term Assyria can also refer to the
geographic region or heartland where these empires
were centered. Their descendants still live in the
region today, and they form the Christian minority
in IraqAssyria was a Semitic
Akkadian kingdom centered on the Upper
Tigris
river, in
Mesopotamia (present day
Iraq),
that came to rule regional empires a number of times
through history. It was named for its original
capital, the ancient city of
Assur
(Akkadian:
𒀸𒋗𒁺 𐎹
Aššūrāyu;
Arabic: أشورAššûr;
Hebrew: אַשּׁוּרAššûr,
Aramaic: ܐܬ݂ܘܿܪAṯur).
The term Assyria can also refer to the
geographic region or heartland where these empires
were centered. Their descendants still live in the
region today, and they form the Christian minority
in Iraq". Source:
Wikipedia
