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| Simele massacre |
... that during the Simele massacre nearly 3,000 people
were killed and more than 63 Assyrian villages were destroyed? — DYK on January 11, 2007
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| Munir Bashir |
...that Munir Bashir, known for his mastery of the maqam scale system,
was a famous musician in the Middle East during the 20th century? — DYK on January 26, 2007
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| Victor Kamber |
...that labor leader Victor Kamber created playing cards with public figures in 1968
and the "Rappin' Ronnie" music video depicting a rapping Ronald Reagan in 1984? — DYK on January 27, 2007
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| Assyrians in Finland |
...that the majority of Assyrians in Finland live in Oulu, the sixth largest city in the country? — DYK on March 3, 2007
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| Curetonian Gospels |
...that the fifth-century Syriac Curetonian Gospels found in Egypt represent a considerably older, independent textual tradition of the four gospels? — DYK on May 22, 2007
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| Bahira |
...that in the Islamic tradition, Bahira (pictured) was an Assyrian Christian monk who foretold to the adolescent Muhammad his future prophetic career? - DYK on July 11, 2007
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| Assyria (Persian province) |
...that Assyrian troops took part in Xerxes' expedition to Greece? - DYK on August 1, 2007
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| Military history of the Assyrian Empire |
...that the Assyrian King Sargon II deported more than 100,000 rebels from Babylon as punishment? — DYK on August 12, 2007
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| SS Assyrian |
...that the SS Assyrian started life as a German merchant ship in the First World War and ended it as British merchant in the Second World War? — DYK on April 13, 2008
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| Yohannan Hormizd |
...that in May 1776, the future Chaldean Patriarch Yohannan Hormizd was consecrated metropolitan bishop with right of succession at the age of 16 by his uncle, Patriarch Mar Eliya XII Denkha? — DYK on January 29, 2009
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| Mar Abba I |
...that Mar Abba I, the Nestorian Catholicos of Seleucia-Ctesiphon from 540 to 552, was a convert from Zoroastrianism? — DYK on June 4, 2009
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| Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council |
...that the Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council won the last round of the Christian elections in Iraq? - DYK on July 14, 2009
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| al-Dana, Syria |
...that the town of al-Dana in northern Syria is identified with "Adennu", the first Aramaean city to be captured by Assyrian emperor Shalmaneser III? - DYK on October 26, 2012
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| Statue of Ashurbanipal (San Francisco) |
...that critics complained that a bronze statue (pictured) of the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal standing in San Francisco's Civic Center more closely resembled the Sumerian king Gilgamesh? - DYK on August 27, 2013
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| Balawat Gates |
...that the ancient Assyrian Balawat Gates were discovered by the first Assyrian archaeologist, Hormuzd Rassam? - DYK on January 2, 2014
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| Assyrian lion weights |
...that Assyrian lion weights are one of the most important groups of artefacts featuring the "Aramaic" form of Phoenician script? - DYK on May 23, 2015
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| Kashtariti |
...that Kashtariti led an unsuccessful campaign against Assyrian king Esarhaddon? - DYK on July 23, 2015
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| Nestorian Church (Famagusta) |
...that the Church of St George the Exiler (pictured) in Famagusta has been used as a Nestorian church, a stable for camels, a Greek Orthodox church, and a cultural center over its 650-year history? - DYK on January 16, 2016
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| Assyrian sculpture |
...that destruction of ancient Assyrian sculpture by ISIL is reported to have increased in late 2016 with the Mosul offensive? - DYK on December 11, 2016
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| Andrew David Urshan |
...that Andrew David Urshan, an ethnic Assyrian from Persia, conducted Pentecostal revivals in the Midwestern United States? - DYK on December 21, 2017
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| State communications in the Neo-Assyrian Empire |
...that the state communication system developed in the Neo-Assyrian Empire enabled communication speed unsurpassed in the Middle East until the advent of telegraphy? - DYK on May 10, 2018
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| Resettlement policy of the Neo-Assyrian Empire |
...that the Assyrian captivity of the Israelites was one instance of forced resettlement carried out by the Neo-Assyrian Empire? - DYK on May 24, 2018
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| Mor Yakup Church |
...that the Church of Saint Jacob in Nisibis in southeastern Turkey was originally the baptistery of a Syriac Orthodox cathedral which no longer exists? - DYK on August 13, 2018
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| Sayfo |
...that, in addition to the Armenians, the Assyrians also faced genocide in the Ottoman Empire during World War I? — DYK on March 4, 2022
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| Athanasius Safar |
...that Athanasius Safar, a Syriac Catholic bishop from the Ottoman Empire, left Europe for Mexico in 1689? — DYK on July 29, 2022
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| Hanānā |
...that Assyrian Christian couples drink dust from the tombs of martyrs and are crowned during their weddings? — DYK on October 22, 2022
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| Church of the East in Sichuan |
...that a Chinese poet wrote about a Syriac church in Sichuan without knowing what it was? — DYK on November 19, 2024
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| All-Russian Union of Assyrians "Khoyad-Atur" |
...that the Union of Assyrians's mishandling of shoe-polishing stations led to violent conflicts in 1920s Moscow? — DYK on November 27, 2024
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| Hano Qritho |
...that Hano Qritho is rooted in an ancient biblical story and continues to be celebrated by Assyrians in Tur Abdin? — DYK on October 8, 2025
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| Habib Mousa |
...that Habib Mousa wrote a song about the village of Enhil to object to the Turkification of Assyrian villages in Tur Abdin? — DYK on November 3, 2025
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