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Assyrian Empire

major Mesopotamian East Semitic kingdom
Organization historical_country Q41137
Assyrian Empire
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Facts

14 properties
Instance of
historical country, empire[3]
Inception
2025 BC[16]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 36.000°, 43.300°
Capital
Assur, Ekallatum, Nineveh, Tell Leilan, Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta, Nimrud, Dur-Sharrukin, Harran, Carchemish[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Continent
Asia, Africa[1][2]
Demonym
Aisiriach, אשורים, Asiriano[32][33][34]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Kościelna encyclopedia, The Catholic Encyclopedia, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1, The New Student's Reference Work[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date
609 BC[17]
Language used
Aramaic, Akkadian[35][36]
Official language
Akkadian, Aramaic, Sumerian[13][14][15]
Official religion
Sumerian religion[37]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[38]
P14541
3oVSTK
Replaces
Allabria, Neo-Hittite states[30][31]
🏷️ Also known as
en Assyria en Assyrian Empire en Early Period ar اشور ar آشوريون قدماء ar الآشوريين القدماء ar آشور ar أشوريون ar الإمبراطورية الآشورية ar الاشورية ar الاشوريون ar الامبراطورية الآشورية ar الحضارة الآشورية ar الحضارة الاشورية ar حضارة آشورية ar الدولة الآشورية ar حضارة اشورية ar الأمبراطورية الأشورية ar الأشوريين ar إمبراطورية آشورية
🔖 Identifiers · 47
VIAF cluster ID
259954912
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85008835
GND ID
4003285-1
OpenAlex ID
C541850076
Arab Encyclopedia concept ID
14597
Armeniapedia ID
9748
BBC Things ID
3f7952b5-51e4-4f33-a107-8579c1815ed3
Biblissima authority ID
European Herring Gull
Catholic Encyclopedia ID
02007c
Cultureel Woordenboek ID
geschiedenis-oudheid/assyrie
De Agostini ID
Assìria
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
18190
Show all 47 identifiers +35
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
assyrie
Freebase ID
/m/0wmn
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
7016606
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
assiria
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0005757
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1835115
IDAI.gazetteer ID
2043226
Interlingual Index ID
i83596
Jewish Encyclopedia ID
2046
Larousse ID
autre-region/Assyrie/106482, images/L_expansion_maximale_de_l_Assyrie/1011166
Lex ID
Assyrien
Library of Congress Classification
DS73.2-DS73.87
Libris-URI
wt798qtf2lwxgh5
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
541850076
NDL Authority ID
00560391
NE.se ID
assyrien
NL CR AUT ID
ge131491
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
geo/73F74C06-419D-4A81-8533-898FE691DEF7
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007295879305171
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
846548
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3871920
Oxford Classical Dictionary ID
882
Pleiades ID
29492
SVKKL authority ID
g0001948-Asyrie
Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts place ID
4092
Topic's main category
Category:Assyria
Treccani ID
assiria
Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID
assiria
Vikidia article ID
fr:Assyrie
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
asirija
WikiKids ID
Assyrische_Rijk
World History Encyclopedia ID
assyria
YSO ID
107979
Yale LUX ID
place/fc0c0ce2-f421-4bfa-a0ae-f62ee714fd39
Zhihu topic ID
20029992

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🔗 Connections
Citizens 104
Ashurbanipal, Sennacherib, Sargon II, Tiglath-Pileser III, Esarhaddon, Nabonidus, Tiglath-Pileser I, Shalmaneser V +96 more
Things located in country 19
Akkadian, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Nimrud, Middle Assyrian Empire, art of Assyria, military history of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Assyrian law, winged unicorn +11 more
Capital 9
Nineveh, Assur, Harran, Nimrud, Dur-Sharrukin, Carchemish, Tell Leilan, Ekallatum +1 more
← Culture 9
Hatra, Nimrud, Arrapha, Terqa, Balawat, Rumkale, Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta, Balawat Gates +1 more
Described by source 8
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Catholic Encyclopedia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia
← Capital of 8
Nineveh, Harran, Nimrud, Dur-Sharrukin, Carchemish, Tell Leilan, Ekallatum, Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta
← Category combines topics 5
Category:Syriac-language writers, Category:Battles involving Assyria, Category:History of Assyria, Category:7th century BC in Assyria, Category:Centuries in Assyria
Contained subdivisions 3
Carchemish, seah, zuz
Official language 3
Aramaic, Akkadian, Sumerian
People born here 3
Ashur-nadin-ahhe II, Puzur-Ashur I, Asharid-apal-Ekur
People who died here 3
Bel-ibni, Ashur-nadin-ahhe II, Puzur-Ashur I
← Facet of 3
art of Assyria, Assyrian sculpture, architecture of Assyria
Continent 2
Africa, Asia
Instance of 2
empire, historical country
Language used 2
Aramaic, Akkadian
← Country of origin 2
Roomrama, Balawat Gates
← Work location 2
Tiglath-Pileser III, Paul-Émile Botta
Official religion 1
Sumerian religion
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Residents 1
Ahiqar
Topic's main category 1
Category:Assyria
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Assyria
← Depicts 1
Babylonian Map of the pop World
← Different from 1
Assaria
← Digital Scriptorium Catalog item ID 1
Charles Hope, 3rd Marquess of Linlithgow
← Enemy 1
Arameans
← Place of burial 1
Ashur-nadin-ahhe II
← Replaced by 1
Neo-Hittite states
← Time period 1
Nimrud ivories
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  1. 1d ago · Tlaloc1522 · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaces → Allabria, Neo-Hittite states
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  2. 14w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority ID → European Herring Gull
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  3. 19w ago · Putnik · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID → asirija
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID: asirija"
  4. 19w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3oVSTK
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  5. 20w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → g0001948-Asyrie
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  6. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron +10
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    Instance of → historical country, empire
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