WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Centered on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia (northern Iraq, northeast Syria, and southeastern Turkey), the Assyrians came to rule powerful empires at several times, the last of which grew to be the largest and most powerful empire the world had yet seen.

Detailed explanation-2: -Assyria was located in the northern part of Mesopotamia, which corresponds to most parts of modern-day Iraq as well as parts of Iran, Kuwait, Syria, and Turkey.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ashur, also spelled Assur, modern Qalʿat Sharqāṭ, ancient religious capital of Assyria, located on the west bank of the Tigris River in northern Iraq. The first scientific excavations there were conducted by a German expedition (1903–13) led by Walter Andrae.

Detailed explanation-4: -Assyria is an area located in Upper Mesopotamia, and named after the Assyrians. The Assyrians, a Semitic tribe, migrated to Upper Mesopotamia around 2, 000 BC. For many years the Assyrians were overshadowed by the Sumerians and Akkadians.