. . "Assyria, a major Mesopotamian East Semitic kingdom and empire of the Ancient Near East, existed as an independent state for a period of approximately nineteen centuries, from the 25th century BC to 605 BC, spanning the mid to Early Bronze Age through to the late Iron Age."@en . "Old Assyrian Empire"@en . . . "Middle Assyrian Period"@en . . "Assyria"@en . "-934Z"^^ . "-1392Z"^^ . "-612Z"^^ . . "-1250Z"^^ .