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|group = Aramaeans <br> ܐܪܡܝܐ |
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|poptime = 3 million |
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|region1 = {{flagcountry|Lebanon}} |
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|pop1 = 2,000,000{{fact}} |
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|region2 = {{flagcountry|Syria}} |
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|pop2 = 1,500,000{{fact}} |
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|region3 = {{flagcountry|Iraq}} |
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|pop3 = 700,000{{fact}} |
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|region4 = {{flagcountry|Jordan}} |
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|pop4 = 70,000{{fact}} |
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|region5 = {{flagcountry|Israel}} |
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|pop5 = 50,000{{fact}} |
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|region6 = {{flagcountry|Iran}} |
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|pop6 = 20,000{{fact}} |
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|langs = [[Neo-Aramaic]] |
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|rels = [[Christianity]] |
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|related = [[Arabs]], [[Jews]] |
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'''Aramaeans''' are an indigenous nation of the [[Fertile Crescent]] <ref> http://www.aramnahrin.org/English/index_en.htm {{verify credibility}}</ref>who have been present since thousands of years in this area. However since the beginning of 20th century many of them fled to the [[Europe|West]], mainly because of persecutions and discrimination. Arameans are not the same as "[[Armenians]]" and they are distinct from [[Arabs]]. |
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The Aramaeans are closely related to [[Assyrians]] and Chaldeans and are quite unknown in the West by the public, although sometimes wrongfully as [[Arab Christians]]. |
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Aramaeans are known under religious names such as "Maronites", "Syrian orthodox", "Syrian Catholic", "Chaldeans", "Nestorians or Assyrians", "Melkite (Greek) orthodox" and "Melkite (Greek) Catholic". |
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==Origins == |
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*'''Aramaeans''': the real name of the people whose History spans over 3200 years.{{fact}} They were first mentioned in the [[Annals]] of the Assyrian Emperor [[Tiglath-pileser I]]. As Semitic people, the Aramaeans are closer to the [[Hebrews]] and the [[Phoenicians]] (North-Western Semitic languages) than to the [[Assyrians]] and the [[Babylonians]] (Eastern Semitic languages) <ref>http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/9-4-2005-76063.asp {{verify credibility}}</ref>. |
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*'''Assyrians''': along with the [[Babylonians]], they are the descendants of the [[Akkadians]], the earliest [[Semitic people|Semites]] who settled around [[Agade]] (Akkad) and prevailed over the [[Sumerians]], forming a large empire under Sarrukin (Sargon I) and Naram Sin around the middle of the 3rd millennium BCE. Contrarily to the Babylonians, the Assyrians had a policy of national - ethnic purity, and did not intermingle with the Aramaeans, whom they pushed away to the West (today's Western Syria) and to the Mesopotamian South (Babylonia). At the moments of its greatest power, under the Sargonids (722 – 609), Assyria controlled almost all the then known world, but the Assyrians were a tiny and ethnically pure minority within their Empire. With the collapse of Assyria (614 – 612 – 609 BCE), Assyrian ceased to be written and spoken, and no Assyrians were found anywhere in the Middle East. According to a new interpretation that gets momentum, they constituted part of the migrations from the Caucasus area to Europe (Cimmerians). |
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*'''Chaldaeans''': named 'Kaldu' in Assyrian – Babylonian texts, they are one of the Aramaean peoples. They intermingled extensively with the Babylonians, who finally - in later times - got assimilated with them, and were even called 'Chaldaeans' – mistakenly. |
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*'''Syriacs''': the modern scholarly term is formed in order to provide the corresponding term of the Ancient Greek name 'Syros' and in sheer distinction from the Syrians. Within Ancient Greek literary context, 'Syros' is the inhabitant of 'Syria', and this was the usual way for the Greeks to call the Aramaeans. |
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*'''Syrians''': the inhabitants of the modern state of Syria, who speak Arabic in their majority, because of the linguistic arabization that followed the gradual process of islamization. |
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==Language== |
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Aramaneans have one of the richest legacy of written literature in the world. Aramaic has been for ages lingua franca of the fertile crescent and has been traditionally regarded as an sacred language. |
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==Demographics== |
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In the Middle East they can be found in [[Syria]] (1.5 million), [[Lebanon]] (2.0 million), Israel (50.000), Jordan (70.00), Iraq (500.000-600.000), Iran (10-20.000) |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
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 Lebanon | 2,000,000[citation needed] |
 Syria | 1,500,000[citation needed] |
 Iraq | 700,000[citation needed] |
 Jordan | 70,000[citation needed] |
 Israel | 50,000[citation needed] |
 Iran | 20,000[citation needed] |
| Languages | |
| Neo-Aramaic | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Arabs, Jews | |
Aramaeans are an indigenous nation of the Fertile Crescent [1]who have been present since thousands of years in this area. However since the beginning of 20th century many of them fled to the West, mainly because of persecutions and discrimination. Arameans are not the same as "Armenians" and they are distinct from Arabs.
The Aramaeans are closely related to Assyrians and Chaldeans and are quite unknown in the West by the public, although sometimes wrongfully as Arab Christians.
Aramaeans are known under religious names such as "Maronites", "Syrian orthodox", "Syrian Catholic", "Chaldeans", "Nestorians or Assyrians", "Melkite (Greek) orthodox" and "Melkite (Greek) Catholic".
Origins
- Aramaeans: the real name of the people whose History spans over 3200 years.[citation needed] They were first mentioned in the Annals of the Assyrian Emperor Tiglath-pileser I. As Semitic people, the Aramaeans are closer to the Hebrews and the Phoenicians (North-Western Semitic languages) than to the Assyrians and the Babylonians (Eastern Semitic languages) [2].
- Assyrians: along with the Babylonians, they are the descendants of the Akkadians, the earliest Semites who settled around Agade (Akkad) and prevailed over the Sumerians, forming a large empire under Sarrukin (Sargon I) and Naram Sin around the middle of the 3rd millennium BCE. Contrarily to the Babylonians, the Assyrians had a policy of national - ethnic purity, and did not intermingle with the Aramaeans, whom they pushed away to the West (today's Western Syria) and to the Mesopotamian South (Babylonia). At the moments of its greatest power, under the Sargonids (722 – 609), Assyria controlled almost all the then known world, but the Assyrians were a tiny and ethnically pure minority within their Empire. With the collapse of Assyria (614 – 612 – 609 BCE), Assyrian ceased to be written and spoken, and no Assyrians were found anywhere in the Middle East. According to a new interpretation that gets momentum, they constituted part of the migrations from the Caucasus area to Europe (Cimmerians).
- Chaldaeans: named 'Kaldu' in Assyrian – Babylonian texts, they are one of the Aramaean peoples. They intermingled extensively with the Babylonians, who finally - in later times - got assimilated with them, and were even called 'Chaldaeans' – mistakenly.
- Syriacs: the modern scholarly term is formed in order to provide the corresponding term of the Ancient Greek name 'Syros' and in sheer distinction from the Syrians. Within Ancient Greek literary context, 'Syros' is the inhabitant of 'Syria', and this was the usual way for the Greeks to call the Aramaeans.
- Syrians: the inhabitants of the modern state of Syria, who speak Arabic in their majority, because of the linguistic arabization that followed the gradual process of islamization.
Language
Aramaneans have one of the richest legacy of written literature in the world. Aramaic has been for ages lingua franca of the fertile crescent and has been traditionally regarded as an sacred language.
Demographics
In the Middle East they can be found in Syria (1.5 million), Lebanon (2.0 million), Israel (50.000), Jordan (70.00), Iraq (500.000-600.000), Iran (10-20.000)