where did the assyrian empire start?
Middle East
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 It mostly incorporated the original Assyrian kingdom , corresponding with modern northern Iraq in the upper Tigris , the middle and upper Euphrates , modern @-@ day north eastern Syria ( Eber @-@ Nari ) and part of south @-@ east Anatolia ( modern Turkey ) . The Neo @-@ Assyrian Empire collapsed after a period of violent civil wars , followed by an invasion by a coalition of some of its former subject peoples , the Iranian peoples ( Medes and Persians ) , Babylonians , Scythians , and Cimmerians in the late 7th century BC , culminating in the Battle of Nineveh , and Assyria had fallen completely by 605 BC . Between 605 and 559 BC , Assyria was divided between the Median Empire to the east and the Neo @-@ Babylonian Empire to the west . Both parts were subsumed into the Achaemenid Empire in 539 BC , and it has been argued that they constituted the satrapies of Media and Athura , respectively . In Herodotus ' account the Ninth Tributary District comprised " Babylonia and the rest of Assyria " , and excluded Eber @-@ Nari . 

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 Assyrians had begun to adopt Christianity from the first century and Aramaic remained the spoken language of the region . 

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 An inscription found in Egypt written by Arsames describes Assyrian cities whom obtained administrative centres within Achaemenid rule : 

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 In 546 BC and 520 BC , the two Assyrian Provinces of Mada and Athura revolted against the Persian Empire . Though the revolts were suppressed , it illustrated that the two regions acted in unison , suggesting perhaps an ethnic and cultural link . Having said this a rebellion could occur in several different parts of an Empire for geographical reasons and it may have been that the whole of the Mesopotamia region became swept with rebellion . 

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 By the second century , the Roman Empire under Trajan began to achieve the upper hand against the Parthians and established the province of Assyria along the Euphrates and Tigris . 
