an ancient kingdom of N Mesopotamia: it established an empire that stretched from Egypt to the Persian Gulf, reaching its greatest extent between 721 and 633 bc. Its chief cities were Assur and Nineveh
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As•syr•i•a
(ə sēr′ē ə),USA pronunciation n.
- Ancient History, Place Namesan ancient empire in SW Asia: greatest extent from ab. 750 to 612 b.c. Cap.: Nineveh.
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'Assyria' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Akkadian
- Arbela
- Ashurbanipal
- Ashurnasirpal II
- Assur
- Assyrian
- Assyro-Babylonian
- Esarhaddon
- Gaugamela
- Nimrud
- Nineveh
- Ninevite
- Ninus
- Sargon II
- Semiramis
- Sennacherib
- Shamash
- Tiglath-pileser I
- Tiglath-pileser III
- Urartu
- lost tribes