Assyrians: "3,000 Years of History, Yet the Internet is Our Only Home"

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Assyrians: "3,000 Years of History, Yet the Internet is Our Only Home"

 

[Mindful]

Not the only ones to live in the Diaspora:

*Assyrians started their immigration to the U.S. and Europe more than 100 years ago. The Assyrians of today number more than five million and are the direct descendants of the ancient Assyrian and Babylonian empires. Immigrants from Iraq and Iran preferred to settle in the U.S. and Australia, while Assyrians from Turkey preferred to settle in Europe. The Internet is finally uniting these Assyrian communities in diaspora, regardless of their geographic, educational, and economic backgrounds.

The Assyrian Diaspora

After the fall of their empire in the sixth and seventh centuries B.C., the Assyrians were reduced to a small nation living at the mercy of their overlords in the Middle East. Assyrians were one of the first people to embrace Christianity and due to their religious beliefs, they suffered numerous atrocities over the following centuries.*

 

[RoccoR]

Mindful, et al,

Most of the time, when an Empire breaks-up, there is a struggle in which various cultural components, which were under the old empire, fight for wealth, power, glory, and and influence. The break-up of the Ottoman Empire is no different. Out of the annals of history come lurking the Assyrians, Armenians, Chaldeans, and Kurds, (I probably forgot a few).

Not the only ones to live in the Diaspora:

*Assyrians started their immigration to the U.S. and Europe more than 100 years ago. The Assyrians of today number more than five million and are the direct descendants of the ancient Assyrian and Babylonian empires. Immigrants from Iraq and Iran preferred to settle in the U.S. and Australia, while Assyrians from Turkey preferred to settle in Europe. The Internet is finally uniting these Assyrian communities in diaspora, regardless of their geographic, educational, and economic backgrounds.

The Assyrian Diaspora

After the fall of their empire in the sixth and seventh centuries B.C., the Assyrians were reduced to a small nation living at the mercy of their overlords in the Middle East. Assyrians were one of the first people to embrace Christianity and due to their religious beliefs, they suffered numerous atrocities over the following centuries.*

(QUESTION)

If someone came up to you, today, and said they were "Assyrian," how could you tell them apart from the people that now live in from Mesopotamia (Iraq), through Asia Minor (Turkey) and south through Egypt?

In reality, is it possible to actually detect a genetic trait that could be used to tell one ancient descendant going back to second or third millennium BCE?

Are the contemporary people from Mesopotamia (Iraq), through Asia Minor (Turkey) and south through Egypt actually the descendants of the Assyrians?

Most Respectfully,
R