Assyria

Meaning

Proper Noun

• 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.

Origin

• , from Ancient Greek Ἀσσυρία, from Akkadian Aššūrāyu, from Aššūr, its original capital.