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assyrian

/ə'sɪriən/

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israel an ancient kingdom of the Hebrew tribes at the southeastern end of the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Saul around 1025 BC and destroyed by the Assyrians in 721 BC
judith Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
ishtar Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of love and fertility and war; counterpart to the Phoenician Astarte
ziggurat a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
assyrian an extinct language of the Assyrians in ancient Mesopotamia
holofernes (Apocrypha) the Assyrian general who was decapitated by the biblical heroine Judith
nineveh an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part of what is now known as Iraq
assur an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria; just to the south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq
mylitta Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of love and fertility and war; counterpart to the Phoenician Astarte
anshar the Babylonian father of the gods; identified with Assyrian Ashur; in Sumerian the name signifies `the totality of the upper world'

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