An ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Assyria was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC, then to a territorial state, and eventually an empire from the 14th century BC to the 7th century BC. Wikipedia

An ancient empire in Mesopotamia Wikipedia Disambiguation

A major Mesopotamian kingdom and empire Wikipedia Disambiguation

Major Mesopotamian East Semitic kingdom Wikidata

An ancient region on the Upper Tigris river, with capital city of Assur. OmegaWiki

A Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq), that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history. Wiktionary

Semitic Akkadian kingdom. Wiktionary (translation)