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Revision as of 08:27, 13 July 2003 by 69.14.67.183 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Assyrians are not Arabs racially, ethnically, or culturally. They have their own distinct language called Syriac (which belongs to the same linguistic group as Arabic or Hebrew) and thye mainly reside in Mesopotamia. Historically, they have contributed to the rise of the Arabic civilization during the Abbasid period and many scientists and scholars were in fact Assyrian (or Syriac). They have their own rich history which is distinct from Arabs and have bulit the first known world-empires in antiquity.