Assyria is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Assyria meaning
An ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt).
Synonyms of Assyria
Using Assyria
- The main meaning on this page is: An ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt).
- Useful related words include: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region.
- In the example corpus, assyria often appears in combinations such as: of assyria, assyria and, to assyria.
Context around Assyria
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 8 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Assyria
- In this selection, "assyria" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, began, became and appears stand out and add context to how "assyria" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1020 bc assyria appears to and after assyria went on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "assyria" sits close to words such as abingdon, aborigines and abrahams, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with assyria
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Assyria was also renowned for its beautiful gardens. (8 words)
Assyria was open to homosexual relationships between men. (8 words)
Who Was King Ninus of Assyria in Greek Mythology? (9 words)
After its fall, the greater remaining part of Assyria was geopolitical region and province of other nations between the mid-2nd century BC and late 3rd century AD, with a patchwork of small independent Assyrian kingdoms adjacent to it. (39 words)
The empire shrank significantly, and by 1020 BC Assyria appears to have controlled only areas close to Assyria itself, essential to keeping trade routes open in eastern Aramea, south eastern Asia Minor, central Mesopotamia and north western Iran. (38 words)
Then, they flexed their muscles; like the goyim, the idolaters, the “inhabitants of this earth,” like Babylon and Egypt and Assyria; like those kingdoms which Israel’s own prophets summoned to judgment, Israel entered the imperial adventure. (37 words)
Who Was King Ninus of Assyria in Greek Mythology? (9 words)
Example sentences (20)
Assyria began to once more expand from circa. 935 BCE, and Urartu and Assyria became fierce rivals.
Some scholars have suggested that Hurrians lived on in the country of Nairi north of Assyria during the early Iron Age, before this too was conquered by Assyria.
The empire shrank significantly, and by 1020 BC Assyria appears to have controlled only areas close to Assyria itself, essential to keeping trade routes open in eastern Aramea, south eastern Asia Minor, central Mesopotamia and north western Iran.
Then, they flexed their muscles; like the goyim, the idolaters, the “inhabitants of this earth,” like Babylon and Egypt and Assyria; like those kingdoms which Israel’s own prophets summoned to judgment, Israel entered the imperial adventure.
Who Was King Ninus of Assyria in Greek Mythology?
Instead, Ahaz asked the king of Assyria for help against his neighbors (1 Kings 16:5-9).
After Assyria went on a wide-scale campaign of quelling revolts throughout Syria, Damascus became totally subjugated by their rule.
After its fall, the greater remaining part of Assyria was geopolitical region and province of other nations between the mid-2nd century BC and late 3rd century AD, with a patchwork of small independent Assyrian kingdoms adjacent to it.
Again, "Though the king's illness and the subsequent Babylonian mission are described at the end of the accounts of his reign, they must have occurred before the war with Assyria.
Aramaic was marginalised as an official language, but remained spoken in both Assyria and Babylonia by the general populace.
Ashur-bel-kala eventually crushed Tukulti-Mer and his allies, however the civil war in Assyria had allowed hordes of Arameans to take advantage of the situation, and press in on Assyrian controlled territory from the west.
Assyria and its empire were not unduly affected by these tumultuous events for some 150 years, perhaps the only ancient power that was not.
Assyria needed less artificial irrigation than Babylonia, and horse-breeding was extensive.
Assyria now posed just as great a threat to Hittite trade routes as Egypt ever had.
Assyria was also renowned for its beautiful gardens.
Assyria was open to homosexual relationships between men.
Assyria will be stricken, and Israel's punishment will lead to the punishment of the nations.
Assyria, with its stable monarchy, powerful army and secure borders was in a stronger position during this time than potential rivals such as Egypt, Babylonia, Elam, Phrygia, Urartu, Persia and Media.
Babylonia appears to have been in a state of chaos during this time, with the north occupied by Assyria, its throne occupied by foreign Chaldeans, and continual civil unrest throughout the land.
Babylonia had always been more vulnerable to conquest and invasion than its northern neighbour, and without the might of Assyria to keep foreign powers in check and Mesopotamia dominant, Babylonia was ultimately exposed.
Common combinations with assyria
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of assyria 27×
- assyria and 11×
- to assyria 6×
- by assyria 5×
- assyria was 5×
- and assyria 3×
- assyria in 3×
- with assyria 3×
- in assyria 3×
- from assyria 3×