What is Assyria?
[[Image:Human headed winged bull facing.jpg|thumb|300px|right|An Assyrian winged bull, or ''[[Shedu|lamassu]]''.]] '''Assyria''' was a [[city state|city-state]] on the Upper [[Tigris|Tigris River]] in the Middle [[Bronze Age]]. It was named after its capital, the ancient city of [[Assur]]. The Assyrians were just to the north of their rivals, the [[Babylonia|Babylonians]]. All kingdoms of ancient [[Mesopotamia]] used the [[cuneiform]] [[writing system]], which had been invented by the [[Sumer]]ians. == Assyrian people == The [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]] are an [[ethnic group]] whose descendants remain in what is today [[Iraq]], [[Iran]], [[Turkey]], and [[Syria]], but they have gone to the [[Caucasus]], [[North America]], and [[Western Europe]] during the past century. Hundreds of thousands more live in the Assyrian [[diaspora]]. They are part of the Iraqi refugees communities in [[Europe]], the former [[Soviet Union]], the [[United States]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[Syria]], [[Jordan]], and [[Lebanon]]. ==Related pages== *[[Assyrian genocide]] *[[Nineveh]] {{authority control}} [[Category:Assyria| ]] [[Category:Former countries in the Middle East]]