mesopotamia saw influx non native arabs later also turkic peoples city assur still occupied th century assyrians possibly still formed majority northern mesopotamia middle ages assyrians retain eastern rite christianity whereas mandaeans retain ancient gnostic religion mesopotamian aramaic mother tongue written script day among peoples giving traditional mesopotamian names still common classical antiquity median babylonian assyria bc persian babylonia achaemenid assyria th th centuries bc seleucid mesopotamia th nd
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