UpperMesopotamia constitutes the uplands and great outwash plain of northwestern Iraq, northeastern Syria and southeastern Turkey, in the northern Middle
of Assur was abandoned by Assyrians, and Assyrians were reduced to a minority within their ancient homeland. UpperMesopotamia had an established structure
the entire known world as known to the Assyrians themselves. To the Assyrians, the world was made up of Mesopotamia, the mountains to the northeast, the
periods only parts of UpperMesopotamia were occupied, the southern alluvium was settled during the late Neolithic period. Mesopotamia has been home to many
Assyrians are an indigenous ethnic group native to Mesopotamia, a geographical region in West Asia. Modern Assyrians descend directly from Ancient Mesopotamians