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05-01-2004, 04:48 AM
Shlama Akhi Rob,

Rob Wrote:I'm curious, isn't Syria supposed to be the "Assyrian" homeland? I understand that the location isn't the right place, but they wouldn't have named it "Syria" if they didn't expect Assyrians to live there.

It's true that the ancient Greeks called "Assyrians" by the name "Syrians", but that has no relationship to the modern country called "Syria." That country was created after the collapse of the Ottoman empire during WWI.

Syrians are Arabs.
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Assyrian Independence? - by bjford - 04-30-2004, 04:41 PM
[No subject] - by Paul Younan - 04-30-2004, 05:23 PM
[No subject] - by bar_khela - 04-30-2004, 08:28 PM
[No subject] - by Paul Younan - 04-30-2004, 08:48 PM
[No subject] - by bjford - 04-30-2004, 10:59 PM
[No subject] - by Paul Younan - 05-01-2004, 01:23 AM
[No subject] - by Rob - 05-01-2004, 03:20 AM
[No subject] - by abudar2000 - 05-01-2004, 04:32 AM
[No subject] - by Paul Younan - 05-01-2004, 04:48 AM
[No subject] - by Dan Gan - 05-01-2004, 12:06 PM
[No subject] - by Paul Younan - 05-01-2004, 11:50 PM
[No subject] - by bjford - 05-02-2004, 09:53 PM
[No subject] - by abudar2000 - 05-03-2004, 01:46 AM
[No subject] - by bjford - 05-03-2004, 05:45 PM
[No subject] - by abudar2000 - 05-03-2004, 06:40 PM
[No subject] - by bjford - 05-20-2004, 04:07 AM
[No subject] - by abudar2000 - 05-20-2004, 04:39 PM
[No subject] - by Paul Younan - 05-20-2004, 05:11 PM
[No subject] - by abudar2000 - 05-20-2004, 07:39 PM
[No subject] - by Paul Younan - 05-20-2004, 07:47 PM
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