etymology of syriaの例文

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1. The fact that it had long been ruled by Assyria lead the Greeks to label the land " Syria ", which was in fact originally a 9th-century BC Indo-European derivative of " Assyria " and had not previously referred to Aram, the Levant or its peoples ( see Etymology of Syria ).
2. It is from this period that the name " Syria " first emerges, but not in relation to " modern Syria ", but as an Indo-European corruption of " Assyria ", which in fact encompassed the modern regions of northern Iraq, north east Syria, south east Turkey and the northwestern fringe of Iran . ( see Etymology of Syria)
3. The " 莍nek鰕 inscription " is a Hieroglyphic Luwian-bilingual, uncovered from 莍nek鰕, Adana Province, Turkey ( ancient Cilicia ), dating to the 8th century BC . Originally published by Tekoglu and Lemaire ( 2000 ), it was more recently the subject of a 2006 paper published in the Journal of Near Eastern Studies, in which the author, Robert Rollinger, lends support to the age-old debate of the name " Syria " being derived from " Assyria " ( see Etymology of Syria ).
4. However, during the Greek Seleucid Empire ( 312-150 BC ), when the Greeks conquered Assyria from the Achaemenids, they applied the 9th century BC Indo-European name for " Assyria " to that land, which read " Syria ", a derivative of " ??刈?貁?毓?" Aa
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