- 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
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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
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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
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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
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Ancient Assyrians were inhabitants of one the world's earliest civilizations, Mesopotamia, which began to emerge around 3500 b c The Assyrians invented the world's first written language and the 360-degree circle, established Hammurabi's code of law, and are credited with many other military, artistic, and architectural achievements
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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
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They are well known for their vast ancient empire; ancient cities, such as Nimrud and Nineveh; and their fierce invasions, including into the Kingdom of Judah and Egypt
- Assyria: Civilization and Empire - TimeMaps
Assyrian was an integral part of the ancient Mesopotamian world, and had come increasingly under the influence of Sumerian civilization from the 4th millennium onwards In the 2nd millennium it had become one of the great powers of the Bronze Age Middle East, along with the Hittite Empire, New Kingdom Egypt and Babylon
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