Assyrian people facts for kids

Assyrian world population.
     more than 500,000      100,000 - 500,000      50,000 - 100,000      10,000 - 50,000      less than 10,000

Assyrian flag (since 1968)

Assyrians, also known as Syriacs, Chaldeans, and Aramaeans, are an ethnic group whose origins remain in what is today Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria, but who have gone to the Caucasus, North America and Western Europe during the past century. Hundreds of thousands more live in Assyrian diaspora and Iraqi refugee communities in Europe, the former Soviet Union, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon.

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• Assyrian empire

Images for kids

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  Part of the Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal, c. 645–635 BC

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  Map of the Neo-Assyrian Empire under Shalmaneser III (dark green) and Esarhaddon (light green)

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  Map of Asōristān (226–637 AD)

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  Mor Mattai Monastery (Dayro d-Mor Mattai) in, Bartella, Nineveh, Iraq. It is recognized as one of the oldest Christian monasteries in existence and is famous for its magnificent library and considerable collection of Syriac Christian manuscripts

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  Assyrian Mar Toma Church in Urmia, Iran.

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  Assyrian Church of Our Virgin Lady in Baghdad.

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  Mar Elias (Eliya), the Nestorian bishop of the Urmia plain village of Geogtapa, c. 1831

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  Assyrian troops led by Agha Petros (saluting) with a captured Turkish banner in the foreground, 1918

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  Assyrian refugees on a wagon moving to a newly constructed village on the Khabur River in Syria

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  Three Assyrian Iraqi Levies, who volunteered in 1946 for service as ground crew with the Royal Air Force, look over the side of the ORBITA as it pulls into the docks at Liverpool. Left to right, they are: Sergeant Macko Shmos, Lance Corporal Adoniyo Odisho and Corporal Yoseph Odisho.

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  Assyrian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan, Armenia

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  Assyrian security forces patrolling the streets of Bakhdida after its liberation from ISIS on Oct. 22, 2016

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  The Assyro-Chaldean Delegation's map of an independent Assyria, presented at the Paris Peace Conference 1919

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  Assyrian child dressed in traditional clothes

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  Traditional clothing may be worn for Assyrian folk dance.

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  Folk dance in an Assyrian party in Chicago

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  Typical Assyrian cuisine

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  Mor Hananyo Monastery: is an important Syriac Orthodox monastery in Tur Abdin, Turkey.

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  Mar Assia al-Hakim Church: is a Syriac Catholic Church in Al-Jdayde quarter of Aleppo, Syria.

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  Rabban Hormizd Monastery: is an important monastery of the Chaldean Catholic Church and the Church of the East in Alqosh, Iraq.

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  Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows: is a Chaldean Catholic cathedral in Baghdad, Iraq

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  Saint Mary Church: is an ancient Assyrian church located in the city of Urmia, Iran.

See also

In Spanish: Asirios para niños