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The Assyrian-inhabited towns and villages on the Nineveh Plain form a concentration of those belonging to Syriac Christian traditions, and since this area is the ancient home of the Assyrian empire through which the Assyrian people trace their cultural heritage, the Nineveh Plain is the area on which
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Following the concerted attacks on Assyrian Christians in Iraq, especially highlighted by the Sunday, August 1, 2004, simultaneous bombing of six Churches (Baghdad and Mosul) and subsequent bombing of nearly thirty other churches throughout the country, Assyrian leadership, internally and externally,
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began to regard the Nineveh Plain as the location where security for Christians may be possible. Schools especially received much attention in this area and in Kurdish areas where Assyrian concentrated population lives. In addition, agriculture and medical clinics received financial help from the
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and smaller towns more families turned northward to the extended family holdings in the Nineveh Plain. This place of refuge remains underfunded and gravely lacking in infrastructure to aid the ever-increasing internally displaced people population. From 2012, it also began receiving influxes of
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by 605 BC Assyria remained an entity for over 1200 years under Babylonian, Achamaenid Persian, Seleucid Greek, Parthian, Roman and Sassanid Persian rule. It was only after the Arab-Islamic conquest of the second half of the 7th century AD that Assyria as a named region was dissolved.
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On January 21, 2014, the Iraqi government had declared that Nineveh Plains would become a new province, which would serve as a safe haven for Assyrians. After the liberation of the Nineveh Plain from ISIL between 2016/17, all Assyrian political parties called on the
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adopted in March 2004 in Baghdad, not only were provisions made for the preservation of Assyrian culture through education and media, but a provision for an administrative unit also was accepted. Article 125 in Iraq's Constitution states that:
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rebelled against its decisions. The Patriarchate of Antioch was then divided between a Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian communion. The Chalcedonians were often labelled 'Melkites' (Emperor's Party), while their opponents were labelled as
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Khosoreva, Anahit. "The Assyrian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire and Adjacent Territories" in The Armenian Genocide: Cultural and Ethical Legacies. Ed. Richard G. Hovannisian. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2007, pp. 267–274.
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members, the Chaldean Catholic Church became the largest non-Muslim religious denomination in Iraq, and some Assyrian Catholics later rose to power in the Ba'ath Party government, the most prominent being Deputy Prime Minister
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forms a thin margin of the ancestral Assyrian homeland in the north-west, and the only section of the Assyrian homeland beyond the Mesopotamian region. The majority of Assyrians in Iran currently reside in the capital city,
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adopted a profession of faith that contradicted that of Rome, while he maintained his independence from the "Eliya line". Leadership of those who wished to be in communion with Rome passed to the Archbishop of Amid
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which reduced their numbers by up to two thirds. Subsequent to this, they entered the war on the side of the British and Russians. After World War I, the Assyrian homeland was divided between the
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community was less numerous and vociferous at the time of the British Mandate of Mesopotamia, and did not play a major role in the British rule of the country. However, with the exodus of
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in significant but unknown numbers. The indigenous Assyrian homeland areas are "part of today's northern Iraq, southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran and northeastern Syria".
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monuments and archaeological sites, as well as numerous Assyrian churches and monasteries have been systematically vandalized and destroyed by ISIL. These include the ruins of
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Ainsworth, William (1841). "An Account of a Visit to the Chaldeans, Inhabiting Central Kurdistán; and of an Ascent of the Peak of Rowándiz (Ṭúr Sheïkhíwá) in Summer in 1840".
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A map of Tur Abdin showing Syriac villages and monasteries. Operational monasteries are indicated by red crosses, and abandoned monasteries are indicated by orange crosses
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Akçam, Taner (2012). The Young Turks' Crime against Humanity: The Armenian Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the Ottoman Empire. Princeton University Press. pp. xx–xxi.
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has become concentrated. There have been calls by some politicians inside and outside Iraq to create an autonomous region for Assyrian Christians in this area.
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Previously, when there were as yet no Catholic Aramaic speakers of Mesopotamian origin, the term "Chaldean" was applied with explicit reference to their "
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in danger in 2003, at which time the site was threatened by a looming large-scale dam project that would have submerged the ancient archaeological site.
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had an established structure of dioceses by AD 500 following the introduction of Christianity from the 1st to 3rd centuries AD. After the fall of the
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Buchanan, Rose Troup and Saul, Heather (25 February 2015) Isis burns thousands of books and rare manuscripts from Mosul's libraries The Independent
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meets a high official during a review of soldiers and war prisoners. He is accompanied by a parasol-bearer and is watched over by a winged deity (
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Owing to its latitude and altitude, the Assyrian homeland is cooler and much wetter than most of Iraq. Most areas in the region fall within the
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on the eastern border of northern Mesopotamia. The territory that would encompass the Assyrian homeland was divided through the centre by the
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The Modern Assyrians of the Middle East: A History of Their Encounter with Western Christian Missions, Archaeologists, and Colonial Powers
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The Modern Assyrians of the Middle East: A History of Their Encounter with Western Christian Missions, Archaeologists, and Colonial Powers
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Iraqi troops advanced on Tel Keppe, but the fighting continued into 2017. Iraqi forces recaptured the town from ISIS on 19 January 2017.
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influence. The Assyrians suffered a significant persecution with the religiously motivated large scale massacres conducted by the Muslim
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and had participants extending from Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac organizations, including representatives from the Iraqi government and the
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Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia during World War I By David Gaunt – p. 9, map p. 10.
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Hill, Henry, ed (1988). Light from the East: A Symposium on the Oriental Orthodox and Assyrian Churches. Toronto, Canada. pp. 108–109
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A Compendious and Complete Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament, Chiefly Founded on the Works of Gesenius and Fürst ...
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and was still the normal name in the nineteenth century. Only in 1445 did it begin to be used to mean Aramaic speakers in
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from around the 8th century BC, and these eastern dialects remained in wide use throughout Upper Mesopotamia during the
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A Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament: With an Introduction Giving a Short History of Hebrew Lexicography
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Société des études arméniennes, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Association de la revue des études arméniennes (1989).
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Genocide Scholars Association Officially Recognizes Assyrian Greek Genocides. 16 December 2007. Retrieved 2010-02-02
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Steven L. Danver, Native Peoples of the World: An Encyclopedia of Groups, Cultures and Contemporary Issues, p. 517
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for co-operating with the British during the years after World War I, and many fled to the West. The Patriarch
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In August 2014 nearly all of the non-Sunni inhabitants of the southern regions of the Plains, which include
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had the greatest concentration of indigenous Assyrians in both their native land and the world prior to the
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Joel J. Elias, The Genetics of Modern Assyrians and their Relationship to Other People of the Middle East
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Coakley, J. F. (2011). Brock, Sebastian P.; Butts, Aaron M.; Kiraz, George A.; van Rompay, Lucas (eds.).
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took hold amongst the Assyrians between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD with the founding in Assyria of the
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in the 1980s, although some of its population later returned and their homes were subsequently rebuilt.
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was abandoned by Assyrians, and Assyrians were reduced to a minority within their ancient homeland.
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renewed attacks on the region in the 1840s, killing tens of thousands of Assyrians in Barwari and
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sought to expand their territories at their expense. In the 1830s Muhammad Rawanduzi, the Emir of
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in 1933, later moving to Chicago, Illinois, and finally settling near San Francisco, California.
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being completely decimated, and the ones in Tur Abdin and Urmia Plain are largely depopulated.
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Both Syriac Christianity and the Eastern Aramaic language came under pressure following the
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Mountains, which straddles the border of northern Iraq and Southern Turkey, as well as the
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in the 7th century, and Assyrian Christians throughout the Middle Ages were subjected to
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J. A. Brinkman (2001). "Assyria". In Bruce Manning Metzger, Michael David Coogan (ed.).
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found itself caught between the two, but claims to have always remained faithful to the
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The Origins of War: From the Stone Age to Alexander the Great By Arther Ferrill – p. 70
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Nineveh and its remains: an enquiry into the manners and arts of the ancient assyrians
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Biblical Archaeology Review May/June 2001: Where Was Abraham's Ur? by Allan R. Millard
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occurred in the 5th century, when Upper Mesopotamian based Assyrian Christians of the
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Native Christians Massacred: The Ottoman Genocide of the Assyrians During World War I
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David Gaunt, "The Assyrian Genocide of 1915", Assyrian Genocide Research Center, 2009
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Macuch, R. (1987). “ASSYRIANS IN IRAN i. The Assyrian community (Āšūrīān) in Iran.”
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of the mid-7th century, the region has been known by the traditional Arabic name of
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This article is about the modern region. For the ancient inhabited settlements, see
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for the creation of an Assyrian self-administered province in the Nineveh Plain.
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A century and a half later, in 1830, headship of the Catholics was conferred on
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shortly after its independence in 1947. The region was heavily affected by the
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Reforging a Forgotten History: Iraq and the Assyrians in the Twentieth Century
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The Assyrian communities that are still left in the Assyrian homeland are in
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Narrative of a Visit to the Syrian [Jacobite] Church of Mesopotamia
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Assyrian populations are distributed between the Assyrian homeland and the
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Michael Angold; Frances Margaret Young; K. Scott Bowie (17 August 2006).
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in the 14th century AD. It was from this time that the ancient city of
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Travels and Researches in Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Chaldea and Armenia
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Dutch MP calls for autonomous Assyrian Christian region in north Iraq
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Alkhshali, Hamdi; Smith-Spark, Laura; Lister, Tim (22 October 2016).
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The Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 5, Eastern Christianity
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Gesenius's Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament Scriptures
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Modern Assyrians are predominantly Christian, mostly adhering to the
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Hebrew Scripture in Patristic Biblical Theory: Canon, Language, Text
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and Assyrian Christian refugees live in the city as well due to the
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existed in the region for thousands of years, living mainly in
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within which Assyrian civilisation developed, located in their
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The League of Nations and the Quest for an Assyrian Homeland
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2010-10-13).
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have fled to neighboring countries since the start of the
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Between the 28th-30 June 2017, a conference was held in
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Abul Fazl-i-Ạllámí (1894), "Description of the Earth",
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The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London
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periods, and survived through to the present day. The
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Wilhelm Gesenius; Samuel Prideaux Tregelles (1859).
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Wilhelm Baum; Dietmar W. Winkler (8 December 2003).
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Wilhelm Baum; Dietmar W. Winkler (8 December 2003).
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BRILL. pp. 123, 124, 126, 127, 139. 2642: 2343: 2341: 2199:Creation of an Assyrian autonomous province 2089:, Iraqi Assyrians have been displaced into 1248:In addition to the Assyrian population, an 1075: 5551:Malankara–Persian ecclesiastical relations 4928: 4914: 4174: 4160: 3460: 3458: 2564: 2376: 1274:Kurdish uprisings during the 1950s and 60s 759:in 451, many Syriac Christians within the 107: 3582:"Aiding the Assyrians Fight Against ISIS" 3230: 3139: 3127:The Church of the East: A Concise History 2949: 2848:The Church of the East: A Concise History 2743:The Church of the East: A Concise History 2474:For Assyrians as a Christian people, see 2164:, an area located on the western bank of 1766:Source: World Weather Online (2000-2012) 643: 624:kingdoms in Assyria, which also included 16:Areas historically inhabited by Assyrians 3849: 2549: 2493: 2338: 2064: 1303: 1299: 1236: 1163: 979: 930:before being ultimately defeated by the 827: 803: 676: 653: 616:rule in Assyria (c.160 BC to 250 AD) as 554:lists Subartu as paying tribute to him. 477: 364:, currently divided between present-day 5522:Proposals for Assyrian autonomy in Iraq 4935: 3782: 3464: 3455: 3254: 3180:The Modern Assyrians of the Middle East 3030: 2583:Revue des études arméniennes, Volume 21 2536:Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia 2414:Encyclopædia Iranica, II/8. pp. 817-822 2205:Proposals for Assyrian autonomy in Iraq 1276:and was largely depopulated during the 5595: 5249:St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India 4022:. Iraqdemocracyproject.org. 2008-02-19 4004:: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( 3943:Iraqi Christians hold critical meeting 3272: 3191: 2898: 2793: 2560:. Oxford University Press. p. 63. 2389:Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities 2356: 2350: 2256:. The conference was boycotted by the 2248:. The conference was organised by the 1333:As attacks on Christians increased in 1096:") who inhabited the territory around 1053: 4909: 4155: 3465:Griffis, Margaret (19 January 2017). 3192:Layard, Austen Henry (July 3, 1850). 2622: 1441:), with areas to the southwest being 573:was adopted by the population of the 4020:"Iraq Sustainable Democracy Project" 3415: 3276:A short history of Syriac literature 3248: 2180:, an area located in Northern Iraq. 1375:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 1195:Assyrians faced reprisals under the 337: 320: 45: 3231:Southgate, Horatio (July 3, 1844). 3125:Wilhelm Braun, Dietmar W. 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Oxford University Press. p. 94. 2359:"Canada and the Future of Assyria" 2357:Odisho, Devi (February 12, 2016). 2152:, an area in Southeastern Turkey, 1250:Aramaic speaking Jewish population 1023:, on the basis of a decree of the 550:the king of the Sumerian state of 187:Recognised regional languages 175:Recognised national languages 14: 5669: 5527:Assyrian–Chaldean–Syriac diaspora 5198:Malabar Independent Syrian Church 4135: 3512:"Assyrian Aid Society of America" 3419:The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Barwar 2558:The Oxford companion to the Bible 2246:The Future for Christians in Iraq 459: 349:), refers to the homeland of the 5575: 5192:Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church 5186:Jacobite Syrian Christian Church 1416:Soon after the beginning of the 1153: 291: 278: 265: 252: 89: 75: 4181: 4113: 4084: 4059: 4033: 4012: 3967: 3955: 3936: 3924: 3911: 3892: 3870: 3803: 3736: 3714: 3708:Ishtar Broadcasting Corporation 3696: 3684:from the original on 2021-12-19 3664: 3641: 3608: 3599: 3574: 3529: 3504: 3486: 3443:Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. 3436: 3416:Khan, Geoffrey (16 June 2018). 3409: 3391: 3378: 3360: 3351: 3334: 3325: 3300: 3266: 3224: 3209: 3185: 3168: 3133: 3118: 3091: 3082: 3071: 3024: 3007: 2990: 2973: 2943: 2919: 2892: 2865: 2838: 2814: 2787: 2760: 2733: 2721: 2709: 2700: 2678: 2669: 2660: 2632:Orientalia Christiana Periodica 2616: 2604: 2573: 2528: 2219:Transitional Administrative Law 2050: 852:Islamic conquest of Mesopotamia 561:-speaking, descending from pre- 275:(margin in western Urmia Plain) 5517:Assyrian independence movement 5167:Syro-Malankara Catholic Church 3789:. Edinburgh University Press. 3241:– via Internet Archive. 3202:– via Internet Archive. 2872:Eckart Frahm (24 March 2017). 2767:Eckart Frahm (24 March 2017). 2514: 2487: 2468: 2443: 2418: 2406: 1268:either left or were exiled to 1264:. However, all of the Barwari 1241:A Chaldean Catholic church in 1178:British Mandate of Mesopotamia 1139:cathedral in the 8th century. 991:church located in the city of 799: 1: 4440:Eastern and Southeastern Asia 4142:Nineveh, Assyria (Bet-Nahren) 3879:"Iran: Last of the Assyrians" 3348:. Retrieved 26 February 2015. 3129:(RoutledgeCurzon 2003), p. 83 2899:Joseph, John (July 3, 2000). 2794:Joseph, John (July 3, 2000). 2728:A modern history of the Kurds 2331: 812:in medieval times. Since the 721:were separated from those in 443:languages, most common being 243:Syrian, Syriac (historically) 5608:Geography of the Middle East 3680:. Reuters. 10 January 2017. 2524:. Max Mallowan. 9 July 2023. 2306:List of Assyrian settlements 2258:Assyrian Democratic Movement 2057:List of Assyrian settlements 1423: 1379:2014 Northern Iraq offensive 600:was named Nohadra (and also 345: 328: 61: 26:For the ancient empire, see 7: 5534:Terms for Syriac Christians 5351:Shimun VIII Yohannan Sulaqa 5210:Assyrian Church of the East 5108:Assyrian Pentecostal Church 5102:Assyrian Evangelical Church 5072:Assyrian Church of the East 3570:– via online.wsj.com. 2279: 2274:Assyrian Church of the East 1899:Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 1829:Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 1722:Average precipitation days 1578:Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 1508:Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 1216:Assyrian Church of the East 1031:of the Aramaic speakers in 971:Assyrian Church of the East 743:Assyrian Church of the East 713:The first division between 596:During the Assyrian period 593:during the 5th century BC. 546:the early 25th century BC, 10: 5674: 5078:Ancient Church of the East 4513:Central and Eastern Europe 3399:"Mar Narsi church – Dhouk" 3279:. 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The Assyrian Triangle had the greatest concentration of indigenous Assyrians in both their native land and the world prior to the 2014 invasion of Iraq by ISIS, and was the proposed borders for an autonomous Assyrian state following World War I.
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