Assyria
[ə'siriə]
Definition
(noun.) an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq.
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Examples
- We find it shown in pictures made many thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt and Assyria. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- From first to last it was a mere incident in the larger and greater history of Egypt, Syria, Assyria, and Ph?nicia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Trajan also invaded Parthia and annexed Armenia, Assyria, and Mesopotamia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This history is even as the history of Babylonia, Assyria, and Egypt in the older times. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Medes and Persians formed an alliance with the nomadic Semitic Chaldeans of the south for the joint undoing of Assyria. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Next spring (331 B.C.) he returned to Tyre, and marched thence round towards Assyria, leaving the Syrian desert on his right. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mo dern excavations have demonstrated that the sides or the corners of the temples and palaces of Assyria and Babylonia were directed to the four cardinal points of the compass. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Later, Gyges rebelled against Assyria, and sent troops to help Psammetichus I to liberate Egypt from its brief servitude to the Assyrians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Scythian allies of Assyria drop out of the story after this. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The kings of Sumeria and Assyria were priests who had become kings; they were secularized priests. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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