Beth Nahrain (Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ; "the house/land of the two rivers") is the Syriac name for Mesopotamia (a Greek-derived word which translates to "the land between the rivers"). See Syriac (disambiguation for other uses Syriac (syr ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ leššānā Suryāyā) is an Eastern Aramaic language See Syriac (disambiguation for other uses Syriac (syr ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ leššānā Suryāyā) is an Eastern Aramaic language Mesopotamia (from the Greek meaning "land between the rivers" is an area geographically located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers largely corresponding Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly It refers to the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in and around the modern-day countries of Iraq and Syria. The Euphrates ( ( Arabic: ar نهر الفرات; Turkish: tr Fırat Syriac: syr ܦܪܬ; Hebrew: he פרת The Tigris is the eastern member of the two great Rivers that define Mesopotamia, along with the Euphrates, which flows from the mountains of southeastern For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية The Syriac name loosely describes the area of the rivers, not between like the literal Greek term; however both names refer to the same region. The name Bayn Nahrayn is also found in Arabic (Arabic: بين نهرين; "between two rivers"). Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language

This area roughly encompasses much of Iraq, eastern Syria, southeastern Turkey and western Iran. Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. The Assyrians and Syriacs consider themselves to be indigenous inhabitants of Beth Nahrain. The Assyrians are an Ethnic group whose origins lie in what is today Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria. The Aramean-Syriac people ( Syriac: arc [[arcܣܘܪܝܝܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ ܐܪܡܝܐ]]) are an Ethnic group who are widely ^[1]

"Nahrainean" or "Nahrainian" is the Anglicized name for "Nahraya", which is the Syriac equivalent of the Greek-derived term "Mesopotamian". ^[2]

See also

• Assyrian people
• Aram-Naharaim
• Mesopotamia
• Canaan
• Philistia
• Phoenicia
• Aramaea
• Assyria
• Babylonia
• Akkad
• Sumer
• Chaldea
• Gabo d’Hirutho d’Bethnahrin
• Bet-Nahrain Democratic Party

References

The Assyrians are an Ethnic group whose origins lie in what is today Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria. Aram-Naharaim or "Aram of Two Rivers" is a region that is mentioned five times in the Hebrew Bible. Mesopotamia (from the Greek meaning "land between the rivers" is an area geographically located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers largely corresponding Canaanites redirects here For the 1940s social and political movement in Israel, see Canaanites (movement. The Philistines ( Hebrew פלשתים plishtim) (see "other uses" below were a people who inhabited the southern coast of Canaan, Phoenicia ( Phoenician: Phoenician nunsvg|12px|נ]]Phoenician nun Aram is the name of a region mentioned in the Bible located in central Syria, including where the city of Aleppo (aka Halab now stands Early history The most Neolithic site in Assyria is at Tell Hassuna, the center of the Hassuna culture Babylonia was an Amorite state in lower Mesopotamia (modern southern Iraq) with Babylon as its capital Sumer ( Sumerian: sux-Latn [[Ki (earth ki]]-[[EN (cuneiform en]]-'''ĝir15''', Akkadian: Šumeru; possibly Biblical Shinar Chaldea (from Greek grc Χαλδαία Chaldaia; Akkadian akk māt Kaldu Hebrew כשדים Kaśdim, "the Chaldees" of the Mesopotamia Freedom Party or Gabo d’Hirutho d’Bethnahrin (GHB formerly known as Patriotic Revolutionary Organization of Bethnahrin (PROB or Bethnahrin The Bet-Nahrain Democratic Party is an Assyrian political party in Iraq led by Romeo Nissan Hakkari.

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