Assyria

If he was a conqueror, he doubtless cast his eyes on the fine country of Assyria.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath given gifts to his lovers.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
We find it shown in pictures made many thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt and Assyria.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge|Various
The triumphs of the pencil or the chisel he left with contemptuous indifference to Egypt, or Assyria, or Greece.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume II|John Lord

Assur, it would seem, was a shrine long before Assyria went out of Babylon and builded Nineveh.
The Cradle of Mankind|W.A. Wigram

British Dictionary definitions for Assyria

Assyria

/ (əˈsɪrɪə) /

noun

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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