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Assyria vs Sumer - What's the difference?

assyria | sumer |

As proper nouns the difference between assyria and sumer

is that assyria is a Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq), that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history while Sumer is earliest known civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia.

assyria

English

(wikipedia Assyria)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • a Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq), that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history

    • Derived terms

    * Assyrian

    See also

    * Babylonia * Mesopotamia * Syria

    sumer

    English

    (wikipedia Sumer)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Earliest known civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia.

    • Derived terms

    * Sumerian * Sumerology

    See also

    * Shinar

    Anagrams

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