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  • From: Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>
  • To: Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
  • Cc: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Nineveh what it means in Hebrew?
  • Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:19:37 +0100

On 01/09/2006 09:44, Yigal Levin wrote:
... Even the name "Assyria" - the Greeks had no idea that the ancient Assyrian homeland was in what we would call northern Iraq - they attached the name to the Assyrians' last, brief stand at Harran and Charchemish - in what the Greeks, and hence we, call (As)Syria to this day.

Actually Harran and Carchemish are both in what we call Turkey today, although both close to the Syrian border.

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Peter Kirk
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