The Legacy of Mesopotamia
- Title
- The Legacy of Mesopotamia
- Creator
- Stephanie Dalley
- Date
- 2005
- Description
- Stephanie Dalley writes that Syriac Christians from northern Iraq sometimes give their sons names like Sennacherib or Sargon and consciously identify with the ancient Assyrians, calling themselves “Assyrians” (Athoraye) rather than “Syriacs” (Suraye). She says this identification was fostered by Anglican missionaries working with the Nestorian Church in the nineteenth century and was later encouraged by the British in the late 1940s.
- Language
- English
- Item sets
- assyrians
- Media
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