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The first recorded Assyrian in America was Zia Attala. [7] He reportedly immigrated to Philadelphia in 1889 and found work in the hotel industry. [8] Most early Assyrian immigrants, however, were young men sent by Western missionaries for religious training; [9] among them was Yaroo Michael Neesan, an Assyrian from Urmia. [10]
The Old Assyrian period was the second stage of Assyrian history, covering the history of the city of Assur from its rise as an independent city-state under Puzur-Ashur I c. 2025 BC [c] to the foundation of a larger Assyrian territorial state after the accession of Ashur-uballit I c. 1363 BC, [d] which marks the beginning of the succeeding Middle Assyrian period.
A giant lamassu from the royal palace of the Neo-Assyrian king Sargon II (r. 722–705 BC) at Dur-Sharrukin The history of the Assyrians encompasses nearly five millennia, covering the history of the ancient Mesopotamian civilization of Assyria, including its territory, culture and people, as well as the later history of the Assyrian people after the fall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire in 609 BC.
Vasily Struve (Soviet, 1889–1965), historian who studied the history and arts of Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria, the Hittite Empire and other civilizations of the Ancient Near East. Saana Svärd (Finnish, born 1977), expert on the cultural history of the Ancient Near East, most notably the Neo-Assyrian Empire, social and political power relations ...
Assyrians celebrate many different kinds of traditions within their communities, with the majority of Assyrian traditions being tied to Christianity.A number include feast days (Syriac: hareh) for different patron saints, the Rogation of the Ninevites (ܒܥܘܬܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܝ̈ܐ, Baʿutha d-Ninwaye), Ascension Day (Kalo d-Sulaqa), and the most popular, the Kha b-Nisan (ܚܕ ܒܢܝܣܢ, 'First ...
Hints for Today's Connections Sports Edition Categories on February 15, 2025. Here are some hints about the four categories to help you figure out the word groupings.
Assyrian diaspora in the United States (3 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Assyrian diaspora in North America" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Trump sent his son, Eric Trump, to court Assyrians in Phoenix shortly before the 2020 election. Mona Oshana, an Iraqi-born Assyrian American who co-founded Assyrians for Trump during his first campaign but is no longer formally involved, said the GOP is a good fit for a religious population that fled persecution by authoritarian governments.