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Beth Nahrain (Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ; "the house/land of the rivers") is the Syriac name for Mesopotamia (a Greek-derived word which translates to "the land between the rivers"). It refers to the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in and around the modern-day countries of Turkey, Syria, and Iraq. The Syriac name loosely describes the area of the rivers, not between like the literal Greek term, but of course the Greek term applies to the whole area as well.The name Bayn Nahrayn is also found in Arabic (Arabic: بين نهرين; "between two rivers").. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that History of Ancient Mesopotamia be merged into this article or section. ... Syriac is an Eastern Aramaic language that was once spoken across much of the Fertile Crescent. ... Syriac ( Suryāyā) is an Eastern Aramaic language that was once spoken across much of the Fertile Crescent. ... It has been suggested that History of Ancient Mesopotamia be merged into this article or section. ... The Euphrates (the traditional Greek name, Arabic: الفرات; Al-Furat, Hebrew: פְּרָת Perath, Kurdish and Turkish: Fırat, Old Persian: Ufrat, Syriac: ܦܪܘܬ or ܦܪܬ; Frot or Prâth, Akkadian: Pu-rat-tu) is the westernmost of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia (the other being the Tigris). ... The Tigris River (Arabic: دجلة Dijla, Hebrew: חדקל ḥiddeqel, Kurdish: Dîjle, Pahlavi: Tigr, Old Persian: Tigrā-, Syriac: ܕܩܠܬ Deqlath, Turkish: Dicle, Akkadian: Idiqlat) is the eastern member of the pair of great rivers that define Mesopotamia, along with the Euphrates, which flows from the mountains of Anatolia through Iraq (the name Mesopotamia... The Arabic language (Arabic: ‎ transliterated: ), or simply Arabic (Arabic: ‎ transliterated: ), is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ...

This area roughly encompasses much of Iraq, Syria, southeast Turkey, Lebanon, western Iran, and northern Jordan. The Assyrians believe they are the indigenous inhabitants of Beth Nahrain. ^[1] See also: Aramaic speakers and Syriac Christianity. ...

"Nahrainean" or "Nahrainian" is the Anglicized name for "Nahraya" which is the Syriac equivalent of the Greek-derived term "Mesopotamian". ^[2]

See also

• Aram-Naharaim
• Mesopotamia
• Canaan
• Philistia
• Phoenicia
• Aramaea
• Assyria
• Babylonia
• Akkad
• Sumer
• Chaldea

See Aramaea and Arameans. ... It has been suggested that History of Ancient Mesopotamia be merged into this article or section. ... For other uses, see Canaan (disambiguation). ... The historic Philistines (see note Philistines below) were a people that inhabited the southern coast of Canaan around the time of the arrival of the Israelites, their territory being named Philistia in later contexts. ... Phoenicia was an ancient civilization in the north of ancient Canaan, with its heartland along the coastal plains of what are now Lebanon and Syria. ... It has been suggested that Aram-Naharaim be merged into this article or section. ... Relief from Assyrian capital of Dur Sharrukin, showing transport of Lebanese cedar (8th c. ... Babylonia, named for its capital city, Babylon, was an ancient state in the south part of Mesopotamia (in modern Iraq), combining the territories of Sumer and Akkad. ... Akkad (or Agade) was a city and its region of northern Mesopotamia, situated on the left bank of the Euphrates, between Sippar and Kish (located in present-day Iraq, ca. ... Sumer (or Shumer, Egyptian Sangar, Bib. ... Chaldea, the Chaldees of the KJV Old Testament, was a Hellenistic designation for a part of Babylonia. ...

References

1. ^ Simo Parpola, Assyrian Identity in Ancient Times and Today, Lecture given at the March 27, 2004 historical seminar of the Assyrian Youth Federation in Sweden (AUF)
2. ^ Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies Past and Present, Perceptions of Syriac Literary Tradition by Lucas VAN ROMPAY