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 and then as a territorial state and eventually an empire from the 14th century BC to the 7th century BC. Wikipedia

A major Mesopotamian kingdom and empire Wikipedia Disambiguation

An ancient empire in Mesopotamia 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)