Assyrian people - Wikipedia Assyrians (Syriac: ܣܘܪ̈ܝܐ, Sūrāyē Sūrōyē) are an ethnic group indigenous to Mesopotamia, a geographical region in West Asia Modern Assyrians share descent directly from the ancient Assyrians, one of the key civilizations of Mesopotamia
Assyria | History, Map, Facts | Britannica Assyria was a kingdom of northern Mesopotamia that became the center of one of the great empires of the ancient Middle East It was located in what is now northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey, and it emerged as an independent state in the 14th century BCE
Assyria - World History Encyclopedia Assyria was the region located in the ancient Near East which, under the Neo-Assyrian Empire, reached from Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) through Asia Minor (modern Turkey) and down through Egypt
Assyrian Empire - Education The Assyrian Empire was a collection of united city-states that existed from 900 B C E to 600 B C E , which grew through warfare, aided by new technology such as iron weapons
Assyria | Encyclopedia. com Different dialects have developed from ancient Aramaic, a language used within the Assyrian Empire The modern language is sometimes called Assyrian, but some scholars reserve the terms "Assyrian" and "Babylonian" for the cuneiform writing of the ancient empire
All About Assyrians In essence, the modern-day Assyrians are a Semitic people, direct descendants of the ancient Assyrian and Babylonian civilizations Their roots extend back over 6760 years, encompassing the legacy of the Akkadians and Sumerians
Who are the Assyrians? | Live Science In ancient times, the Assyrian civilization was often centered at the city of Assur (also called Ashur), named after the supreme god of Assyria and the ruins of the city are located in what is
Brief History of Assyrians - Assyrian International News Agency Assyrians are a Semitic peoples indigenous to Mesopotamia They are Mediterranean Caucasoids, and are ethnically distinct from Arabs and Jews Assyrians have used two languages throughout their history: ancient Assyrian (Akkadian), and Modern Assyrian (neo-syriac)
Assyria: Civilization and Empire - TimeMaps In the first millennium BCE, ancient Mesopotamian civilization pioneered the first true multinational empires in world history The Assyrian empire was the first of these
Assyria - Wikipedia In the Middle and Neo-Assyrian periods, Assyria was one of the two major Mesopotamian kingdoms, alongside Babylonia in the south, and at times became the dominant power in the ancient Near East