Assyria

American  

[uh-seer-ee-uh] / əˈsɪər i ə /

noun

1. an ancient empire in SW Asia: greatest extent from about 750 to 612 b.c. Nineveh.

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Assyria British  

/ əˈsɪrɪə /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

After waiting on the supermarket checkout line for an hour, we finally get to Assyria and to Byron’s drama.

From New York Times

There’s evidence of the mullet — which is characterized by hair closely shorn everywhere except at the back of the head, where it is left longish — appearing in ancient Assyria, Egypt and Greece.

From New York Times

One of the world's earliest empires, Assyria was located in the northern part of Mesopotamia - most of modern-day Iraq, as well as parts of Iran, Kuwait, Syria, and Turkey.

From Reuters

I tried to educate myself by writing down the events of history, in parallel columns, to learn what was happening in Assyria while events went forward in, say, France.

From New York Times

For most cultures in the ancient world, such as Egypt, Assyria and Babylon, until the second century B.C., there was no word for "religion" as a singular, abstract concept.

From Salon