assyria
IPA: ʌsˈɪriʌ
Root Word: Assyria
noun
- A Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant from the mid-23rd century BC to 608 BC and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq), which came to rule regional empires a number of times through history.
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Examples of "assyria" in Sentences
- Assyria reduced to vassal states.
- Assyria is about an ancient country.
- Seems to be a real place in Assyria.
- Assyria is put in the place of Persia.
- Assyria was at the apogee of its power.
- Definately not a part of Assyria today.
- The Architect and the Emperor of Assyria.
- Connections with Assyria of antiquity are tenuous.
- The most powerful neighbour was Assyria to the south.
- Ashurbanipal did not accede to the kingship of Assyria until late in the year.