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"Assyria.. kingdom of northern Mesopotamia that became the centre of one of the great empires of the ancient Middle East. It was located in what is now northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey. Assyria was a dependency of Babylonia and later of the Mitanni kingdom during most of the 2nd millennium BC. It emerged as an independent state in the 14th century BC, and in the subsequent period it became a major power in Mesopotamia, Armenia, and sometimes in northern Syria. Assyrian power declined after the death of Tukulti-Ninurta I (c. 1208 BC). It was restored briefly in the 11th century BC by Tiglath-pileser I, but during the following period both Assyria and its rivals were preoccupied with the incursions of the seminomadic Aramaeans. The Assyrian kings began a new period of expansion in the 9th century BC, and from the mid-8th to the late 7th century BC, a series of strong Assyrian kings--among them Tiglath-pileser III, Sargon II, Sennacherib, and Esarhaddon--united most of the Middle East, from Egypt to the Persian Gulf, under Assyrian rule. The last great Assyrian ruler was Ashurbanipal ending in 627 BC. Famous for their fighting prowess, the Assyrians were monumental builders, as shown by archaeological sites at Nineveh, Ashur, and Nimrud."

Assyrian American Association of Modesto , Inc. was established and chartered in June, 1988 in the city of Modesto, Stanislaus County, California.

The Corporation became an affiliate of Assyrian American National Federation in Sep. 1990 in New Britain, Connecticut.

T.V. Educational programs were established in 1988 in the following cities: Modesto, Ceres, Turlock, Waterford, Empire, Riverbank, Denair, Livingston & Keys.

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