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The Assyrian homeland is the part of [[Roman Syria]] and [[Sassanid]] [[Persian Mesopotamia|Mesopotamia]] that retained a significant Christian population following the [[Islamic_conquest_of_Persia#First_conquest_of_Iraq_.28633.29|Islamic conquest of Iraq]], [[Upper Mesopotamia]] having had an established structure of dioceses by AD 500.<ref>Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia during World War I By David Gaunt - p. 9, map p. 10.</ref> |
The Assyrian homeland is the part of [[Roman Syria]] and [[Sassanid]] [[Persian Mesopotamia|Mesopotamia]] that retained a significant Christian population following the [[Islamic_conquest_of_Persia#First_conquest_of_Iraq_.28633.29|Islamic conquest of Iraq]], [[Upper Mesopotamia]] having had an established structure of dioceses by AD 500.<ref>Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia during World War I By David Gaunt - p. 9, map p. 10.</ref> |
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Assyrians faced reprisals under the [[Hashemite]] monarchy for co-operating with the British during the years after World War I, and most fled to the West. The Patriarch Mar Eshai Shimun XXIII, though born into the line of Patriarchs at Qochanis, was educated in Britain. For a time he sought a homeland for the Assyrians in Iraq but was forced to take refuge in [[Cyprus]] in 1933, later moving to Chicago, Illinois, and finally settling near San Francisco, California. The present Patriarch of Babylon is based in Chicago, and less than 1 million of the world's 4.5 million Assyrians remain in Iraq. |
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The [[Chaldean Christians|Chaldean]] community was less numerous at the time of the British Mandate of Palestine, and did not play a major role in the British rule of the country. However with the exodus of Church of the East members, the Chaldean Catholic Church became the largest non-Muslim group in Iraq, and some later rose to power in the Ba'ath Party government, the most prominent being Deputy Prime Minister [[Tariq Aziz]]. |
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The Assyrian homeland refers to a geographic and cultural region inhabited traditionally by the Assyrian people.[citation needed]
The Assyrian-inhabited area of Iraq is located in the Ninawa-Mosul region.[1] This area is known as the "Assyrian Triangle."[2]
The Assyrian homeland is the part of Roman Syria and Sassanid Mesopotamia that retained a significant Christian population following the Islamic conquest of Iraq, Upper Mesopotamia having had an established structure of dioceses by AD 500.[3]
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References
- ^ Minorities in the Middle East: a history of struggle and self-expression By Mordechai Nisan
- ^ The Origins of War: From the Stone Age to Alexander the Great By Arther Ferrill - Page 70
- ^ Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia during World War I By David Gaunt - p. 9, map p. 10.