Wednesday, 9 January 2013

Syria=سوريا



Syria=سوريا

WIKIPEDIA

The name Syria is derived from the ancient Greek name for Syrians: Σύριοι, Sýrioi, or Σύροι, Sýroi, which the Greeks applied without distinction to the Assyrians.[11][12] A number of modern scholars argued that the Greek word related to the cognate Ἀσσυρία, Assyria, ultimately derived from the Akkadian Aššur.[13] Others believed that it was derived from Siryon, the name that the Sidonians gave to Mount Hermon.[14] However, the discovery of the Çineköy inscription in 2000 seems to support the theory that the term Syria derives from Assyria.


“”The Assyrian people,[25] most commonly known as Assyrians and other later names, such as: Ashuriyun, Atorayeh and Syriacs, (see names of Syriac Christians), are a distinct ethnic group whose origins lie in ancient Mesopotamia. They are Semitic people, who speak and write distinct dialects of Eastern Aramaic exclusive to Mesopotamia and its immediate surroundings.””


“”Assur (also spelled Ashur, from Assyrian ���� Aššur; Aramaic: ܐܬܘܪ‎ Aṯur; Hebrew: אַשּׁוּר Aššûr; Arabic: آشور‎ Ašur), was one of the capitals of ancient Assyria.””

“”The Çineköy inscription is a Hieroglyphic Luwian-Phoenician bilingual, uncovered from Çineköy, Adana Province, Turkey (ancient Cilicia), dating to the 8th century BC. Originally published by Tekoglu and Lemaire (2000),[1] it was more recently the subject of a 2006 paper published in the Journal of Near Eastern Studies, in which the author, Robert Rollinger, lends support to the age-old debate of the name "Syria" being derived from "Assyria" (see Etymology of Syria).””


“”Eventually, the Persians took Syria as part of their hegemony of Southwest Asia; this dominion was transferred to the Ancient Macedonians and Greeks after Alexander the Great's conquests and the Seleucid Empire. The capital of this Empire (founded in 312 BC) was situated at Antioch, part of historical Syria, but just inside the Turkish border today. Pompey the Great captured Antioch in 64 BC, turning Syria into a Roman province. Thus control of this region passed to the Romans and then the Byzantines.[17]””


“”The Ummayad dynasty was then overthrown by the Abbasid dynasty in 750, who moved the capital of empire to Baghdad. Arabic — made official under Ummayad rule — became the dominant language, replacing Greek and Aramaic in the Abbasid era.””

N.B. This means that the Greek language was in use in this area for almost 1000 years.


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