In comparison, Colombia is made up of 48 million Spanish speakers and Spain only has 46 million. The report also found that there are now around 559 million Spanish speakers worldwide. About 470 million of those people are native speakers.
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Assyria. Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Assyria(noun) an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq. Assyria. Assyria, was a Semitic Akkadian kingdom, existing as a nation state from the late 25th or earlyâ24th century BC until 605 BC. Assyria was centered on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia. The Assyrians came to rule powerful empires a number of times through history.
Age of the Assyrian Empire (2000 - 605 BC) The Rise and Fall of the Assyrian Empire in Mesopotamia. Go to History of Iraq. Interactive Map. Beginning of Assyria (~ 2000 BC): The ancient Sumerian city of Assur came under Assyrian control by about 2000 BC, serving as the capital of the Assyrian Kingdom.