Assyria
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /əˈsɪɹi.ə/
Proper noun
  1. 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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