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**acneman** · 06-06-2011, 05:35 PM

Is very likely that christians from Mosul are descendant of ancient arab tribes that live in this areas since Kingdom of Araba and neighbors of assyrians villages in nineveh plains.

Today's Assyrians are principally descended from the peoples of North Mesopotamia and its immediate surroundings. But, yes, Assyrians have had deep ties with Arabia, for at least as long as they have identified by the self-appellation Assurayu/Suraya.

Arabian admixture, following the Fall of Nineveh, and before the rise of Christianity, would not have been an exceptional occurrence, as Assyria had already absorbed Aramaean tribes centuries before the end of the Neo-Assyrian era, and presumably the Arabian elements present in Babylonia in the twilight of the Neo-Assyrian era. These Aramaeans, I reckon, would have been most similar to today's Druze, and some Syrian Arabs.

06-06-2011, 05:35 PM	#3
acneman Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 554 Senior Member	Is very likely that christians from Mosul are descendant of ancient arab tribes that live in this areas since Kingdom of Araba and neighbors of assyrians villages in nineveh plains. Today's Assyrians are principally descended from the peoples of North Mesopotamia and its immediate surroundings. But, yes, Assyrians have had deep ties with Arabia, for at least as long as they have identified by the self-appellation Assurayu/Suraya. Arabian admixture, following the Fall of Nineveh, and before the rise of Christianity, would not have been an exceptional occurrence, as Assyria had already absorbed Aramaean tribes centuries before the end of the Neo-Assyrian era, and presumably the Arabian elements present in Babylonia in the twilight of the Neo-Assyrian era. These Aramaeans, I reckon, would have been most similar to today's Druze, and some Syrian Arabs.
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