Assyria occupies a unique place in the history of human culture. Centred at the crossroads between northern Iraq, north-western Iran, south-eastern Türkiye, and north-eastern Syria— it was here that some of the earliest urban civilisations began to appear.

Christianity’s origins are found in many places throughout Assyria where Syriac Christianity flourished shortly after the crucifixion. In the second half of the first century CE, Assyria’s major cities were transformed into vibrant centres of learning and philosophy for early Indigenous Assyrian converts.