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Bob Miner, former American businessman, co-founder of Oracle Corporation and the producer of Oracle's relational database management system. [49] [50] John Joseph (historian), Assyrian-American educator and historian; Steven Beitashour, international soccer player [51] John Nimrod, U.S. politician [52] [53] Atour Sargon, Assyrian activist and ...
After being conquered by the Assyrians, many people, including the Arameans, were deported to the Assyrian heartland and elsewhere. Due to a large number of Aramaic-speaking people, the Aramaization of Assyria began. The relationship between Arameans and Assyrians grew stronger, with Aramean scribes working with Assyrian ones. [266]
In Melbourne, Assyrians live in the northwestern suburbs of Broadmeadows, Craigieburn, Meadow Heights, Roxburgh Park and Fawkner. In 2016, Melbourne had 13,812 people who claimed Assyrian ancestry. [68] The Assyrian community is growing, and there are new arrivals from Syria and Iraq, adding to those with origins in Iran, Jordan and the Caucasus.
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 ...
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.
Modern Assyrian people refer to their language as "Assyrian" (Sūrayt or Sūreth). [226] Though it has little in common with the Assyrian dialect of the Akkadian language, [88] it is a modern version of the ancient Mesopotamian Aramaic. The language retains some influence of ancient Akkadian, [227] particularly in the form of loanwords. [228]
American people of Syrian-Assyrian descent (4 P) Pages in category "American people of Assyrian descent" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.
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 an effort to form an autonomous Assyrian ...