Assyria Definition

ə-sîrē-ə
pronoun

A Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq), that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history.

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Origin of Assyria

  • From Latin Assyria, from Ancient Greek Ἀσσυρία (Assuria), from Akkadian (Aššūrāyu), from (Aššur, “Assur”), its original capital.

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Assyria Sentence Examples

  • This part of the river's course, the ancient Assyria, is also a rich agricultural region.

  • The kingdom, however, was short-lived, and it was soon absorbed into the vassalage of Assyria.

  • Opposite Mosul are the ruins of ancient Nineveh, the last capital of Assyria, and 20 m.

  • This appears actually to be the case in the period of the First Dynasty of Babylon and also in the 7th century in Assyria, where early Babylonian customs were kept up conservatively.

  • In the course of centuries, however, they were absorbed into the Babylonian population; the kings adopted Semitic names and married into the royal family of Assyria.

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Words Starting With

AASASS

Words Ending With

AIARIA

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Assyria

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