Arameans
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The Arameans, or Aramaeans, were a tribal Semitic people in the ancient Near East, first documented in historical sources from the late 12th century BCE. Their homeland, often referred to as the land
Sin zir Ibni inscription
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Aramean king Hazael of Aram-Damascus
Illustration by Gustave Doré from the 1866 La Sainte Bible depicting an Israelite victory over the army of Ben-Hadad, described in 1 Kings 20:26–34
Terms for Syriac Christians
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Terms for Syriac Christians are endonymic and exonymic terms, that are used as designations for Syriac Christians, as adherents of Syriac Christianity. In its widest scope, Syriac Christianity encompa
Arameans
…That ultimately resulted in their fragmentation and acculturation. Today, their cultural and linguistic heritage continues to be recognized by some Syriac-Christian or Neo-Aramaic speaking groups, such as the Maronites and the Aramean inhabitants of Maaloula and Jubb'adin near Damascus in Syria. The toponym A-ra-mu…
Alqosh, located in the midst of a contemporary ethnically Assyrian community
Assyria under the Persian Empire
Memorial of the Seyfo genocide, in Paris, with commemorative inscription using composite Assyro-Chaldean designation