Although the Assyrian empire ended in 612 B.C., history is replete with recorded ... The remaining Assyrians reside primarily in Iraq, Syria, Iran, Lebanon, and Turkey. The Assyrians are not to be ...

Armenian and Assyrian Christians, who have deep roots in Iran and the surrounding region ... 13 years before the Christians of the Roman empire were granted the right to practice their faith ...

Although the Assyrian empire ended in 612 B.C., history is replete with recorded ... northeastern Syria, and northwestern Iran. The remains of the ancient capital of Assyria, Nineveh, lie within Mosul ...

By 700 BC, the Assyrian rulers based in northern Iraq had built an empire that stretched from Iran to Egypt - covering most of the area that we now call the Middle East. Indeed. you might almost ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Persian ruler Cyrus the Great.