Assyria (disambiguation)

Assyria (disambiguation)

Assyria may refer to:

*Assyria, an ancient empire in Mesopotamia
*Assyria (Persian province), province of the Persian Empire
*Assyria (Roman province), province of the Roman Empire
*Assyrian homeland, the current geographical location of today's modern Assyrians
**A modern term referring to the establishment of a state for the Assyrian people; see Assyrian independence
*Assyria Township, Michigan

ee also

*Syria (disambiguation)
*Ashur (disambiguation)


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