Assyria

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This article is about ancient Assyria. For its geographic and cultural location, see Assyrian homeland. For other uses, see Assyria (disambiguation).
"Assyrian Empire" redirects here. For the most powerful stage of the ancient Assyrian state, see Neo-Assyrian Empire.

Assyria
2500 BC–609 BC[1]
Overview map in the 15th century BC showing the core territory of Assyria with its two major cities Assur and Nineveh wedged between Babylonia downstream on the Tigris and the states of Mitanni and Hatti upstream.
Overview map in the 15th century BC showing the core territory of Assyria with its two major cities Assur and Nineveh wedged between Babylonia downstream on the Tigris and the states of Mitanni and Hatti upstream.
CapitalAššur
(2500–1754 BC)
Shubat-Enlil
(1754–1681 BC)
Aššur
(1681–879 BC)
Kalhu
(879–706 BC)
Dur-Sharrukin
(706–705 BC)
Nineveh
(705–612 BC)
Harran
(612–609 BC)
Official languages
Common languagesAkkadian
Eastern Aramaic
Religion
Ancient Mesopotamian religion, later Syriac Christian
GovernmentMonarchy
King 
• c. 2500 BC
Tudiya (first)
• 612–609 BC
Ashur-uballit II (last)
Historical eraBronze Age
• Kikkiya overthrown
2500 BC
• Decline of Assyria
612 BC 609 BC[1]
Area
194,249[2] km2 (75,000 sq mi)
CurrencyMina[3]
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Akkadian Empire
Median Empire
Neo-Babylonian Empire
Map showing the approximate location of the geographical region referred to as "Assyria"

Assyria (/əˈsɪriə/) (Akkadian: