Assyria

:For the Assyrian people in Iraq and other countries, see Assyrian people.

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Assyria in earliest historical times referred to a region on the Upper Tigris river, named for its original capital, the city of Ashur. Later, as a nation and Empire, it also came to include roughly the northern half of Mesopotamia (the southern half being 'Babylonia').

Related Topics:
Tigris - Ashur - Mesopotamia - Babylonia

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Assyria proper was located in a mountainous region, extending along the Tigris as far as the high Gordiaean or Carduchian mountain range of Armenia, sometimes called the "Mountains of Ashur".

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