id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9878 Assyrian people - Wikipedia .html text/html 18852 2207 61 Assyrians (ܣܘܪ̈ܝܐ, Sūrāyē/Sūrōyē) are an ethnic group indigenous to Assyria, a region in the Middle East.[51][52] Some self-identify as Syriacs,[53] Arameans,[54] and Chaldeans.[55] Speakers of the Neo-Aramaic branch of Semitic languages as well as the primary languages in their countries of residence,[56] modern Assyrians are Syriac Christians who claim descent from Assyria, one of the oldest civilizations in the world, dating back to 2500 BC in ancient Mesopotamia.[57] The tribal areas that form the Assyrian homeland are parts of present-day northern Iraq (Nineveh Plains and Dohuk Governorate), southeastern Turkey (Hakkari and Tur Abdin), northwestern Iran (Urmia) and, more recently, northeastern Syria (Al-Hasakah Governorate).[58] The majority have migrated to other regions of the world, including North America, the Levant, Australia, Europe, Russia and the Caucasus during the past century. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9878.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9878.txt