In Lord Byron’s 1821 play “Sardanapalus,” the king of the title laments that the glory of his empire will someday fade into oblivion. “Time shall quench full many a people’s records, and a hero’s acts ...

Assyria is the ancient region of northern Mesopotamia around the city of Assur, founded around 2600 BC on the banks of the Tigris (today its ruins are in northern Iraq). It was part of the Akkadian ...

A number of historians, archaeologists, and other scholars have been invited take part in the meeting to delve deep into Assyrian history and its impact on the region. Organized by the History and ...

In ancient times, Mesopotamia, meaning 'land between two rivers', was a vast region that lay between the Tigris and Euphrates river systems, and it is where civilization emerged over 7,000 years ago.

The Assyrian Empire was a complex Mesopotamian civilisation dating from 2,500 BC to around 600 BC. Mesopotamia, an area of ancient Asia, was where people first gathered in large cities, created ...

When we think of ancient civilizations, we tend to think of people that lived around 2,000 years ago, but the Assyrian civilization is much, much older than that, and it played a far more influential ...

Plus, the attempt to separate enslaved Africans from their roots.

Ashur, on the Tigris, was the capital of the Assyrian state in northern Mesopotamia from about 2,500 BC. Under Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 BC) the capital was moved upstream to Kalah (now Nimrud). Here ...

SBS AssyrianIndependent news and stories connecting you to life in Australia and Assyrian-speaking Australians. My Journey to My New HomeHear from people who have built successful lives in this new ...