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Assyrians:
The Continuous Saga
Assyrians: The Continuous Saga
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ISBN: 1-4134-3857-1
(Hardcover)
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BOOK DESCRIPTION
Assyrians have been deprived of
their rich heritage in their ancestral
homelands in Mesopotamia.
From one side, history curriculum taught in the Middle
East's public schools is manipulated and it focuses
predominantly on the region's Islamic era. Such
curriculum is grossly altered and rewritten to suit a
meticulously planned ‘Arabization,’ ‘Turkicization,’ and
more recently Kurdification process of the Assyrians.
From the other side, some historians question the
continuation of ancient Assyrian civilization and
people. Furthermore, certain Old Testament nonfavorite
images of Assyrians are dominant in literature.
Thus, unbiased publications and historical references
regarding the survival of Assyrians since the fall of their
Imperial capital Nineveh are of great importance.
BOOK REVIEW
“This is a very important and much needed book that
should have been written long ago. The author traces the
history of the Assyrians from the fall of their Empire to
the present day and convincingly demonstrates the
unbroken continuity of Assyrian identity through the
millennia in the middle of endless persecutions. This
dispassionate yet captivating book corrects many
misconceptions about the
Assyrians, both ancient and
modern. It is a must for every modern Assyrian and
Assyriologist, and of considerable interest to the general
public as well. I personally started
reading it from Chapter 10, "The
so-called Assyrian cruelty," and
couldn’t stop reading.”
— Dr. Simo Parpola
Professor of Assyriology
University of Helsinki, Finland
Director and Editor-in-Chief
Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project
(State Archives of Assyria)
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