亚述 (Yàshù): Assyria (ancient Mesopotamian e…

Meanings

1 Assyria (ancient Mesopotamian empire); Assyrian

Characters

亚

yà

Asia; second; transliteration syllable

述

shù

to narrate, state

Examples

亚述帝国曾经统治整个美索不达米亚。

Yàshù dìguó céngjīng tǒngzhì zhěnggè Měisuǒbùdámǐyà.

The Assyrian Empire once ruled all of Mesopotamia.

大英博物馆有很多亚述石雕。

Dàyīng Bówùguǎn yǒu hěn duō Yàshù shídiāo.

The British Museum has many Assyrian stone reliefs.

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history

亚述 transliterates 'Ashur', the Assyrian capital and chief deity. The Neo-Assyrian Empire (c. 911–609 BCE) was the dominant power of the ancient Near East before Babylon. Compound forms: 亚述帝国 (Assyrian Empire), 亚述学 (Assyriology). Compare 亚述尔 — variant rendering.