The Syriac language, also known natively in its spoken form in early Syriac literature as Edessan, the Mesopotamian language and Aramaic, is an Eastern Middle Aramaic dialect. Classical Syriac is the
An 11th-century Syriac manuscript
Late Syriac text, written in Madnhāyā script, from Thrissur, Kerala, India, 1799
An ancient mosaic from Edessa, from the 2nd century AD, with inscriptions in early Edessan Aramaic (Old Syriac)
Assyrian nationalism, sometimes known as Assyrianism, is a movement among the Assyrian people that advocates for their independence or autonomy in the historic Assyrian heartland in northern Mesopotam
The Assyrian relief of Ashur as a feather. This is one of the best-known symbols used by the people of ancient Mesopotamia in general, and Assyrians in particular.