Assyria - Wikipedia
Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , māt Aššur) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization that existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC and eventually expanded into an empire from the 14th century BC to the 7th century BC. [4]
Assyria | History, Map, & Facts | Britannica
2024年10月21日 · Assyria, 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.
History of Assyria: Where is it Today? - Ancients Past
2023年3月6日 · A kingdom of ancient times, Assyria, flourished in the northern part of Mesopotamia. Its supremacy was unparalleled in the world of its time, with it ruling over a vast expanse covering much of what is now Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Iran.
Assyria - World History Encyclopedia
2018年4月10日 · 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.
Assyria - World History Edu
Assyria was one of the most powerful and influential civilizations of the ancient Near East.It flourished in the region of Mesopotamia, corresponding largely to modern-day northern Iraq, southeastern Turkey, and parts of Syria.. Assyria’s history can be divided into three distinct periods: the Old Assyrian period, the Middle Assyrian period, and the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
The rise and fall of Assyria | Britannica
Assyria, Ancient empire, southwestern Asia. It grew from a small region around Ashur (in modern northern Iraq) to encompass an area stretching from Egypt to Anatolia. Assyria may have originated in the 2nd millennium bc, but it came to power gradually.
Assyrian homeland - Wikipedia
The Assyrian homeland, Assyria (Classical Syriac: ܐܬܘܪ, romanized: Āṯōr or Classical Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, romanized: Bêṯ Nahrin), refers to the homeland of the Assyrian people within which Assyrian civilisation developed, located in their indigenous Upper Mesopotamia.
Assyrian Empire - Education
2023年10月19日 · Assyria was located in the northern part of Mesopotamia, which corresponds to most parts of modern-day Iraq as well as parts of Iran, Kuwait, Syria, and Turkey. It had relatively humble beginnings as a nation-state early in the second millennium B.C.E.
Early history of Assyria - Encyclopedia Britannica
2024年11月13日 · By Assyria—a region that does not lend itself to precise geographic delineation—is understood the territory on the Tigris north of the river’s passage through the mountains of the Jabal Ḥamrīn to a point north of Nineveh, as well as the area between Little and Great Zab (a tributary of the Tigris in northeast Iraq) and to the north of the latter.
Assyria: Civilization and Empire - TimeMaps
The ancient kingdom of Assyria was located in present-day northern Iraq. It bordered eastern Syria and south- eastern Asia Minor. It covered the most northerly portion of the Mesopotamian plain, with the river Tigris flowing through it. The land was flanked to the north and east by the Zagros mountains, to the west and south by desert.