This article is good except for the name part, which he claims Assyrians never had before the 1850s. This is bogus. There are records going back to the first century AD and before showing the continuity of Assyrian culture and awareness. Assyrians have known they are Assyrians and have been calling themselves Assyrians since 612 B.C., when their empire fell.
This article is good except for the name part, which he claims Assyrians never had before the 1850s. This is bogus. There are records going back to the first century AD and before showing the continuity of Assyrian culture and awareness. Assyrians have known they are Assyrians and have been calling themselves Assyrians since 612 B.C., when their empire fell.