Assyria ni ile-oba to gbale si Oke odo Tigris, ni Mesopotamia (Iraq), to joba lori awon opo ile obaluaye lopo igba. Oruko re wa lati oruko oluilu re akoko eyun ilu ayeijoun Assur (Akkadian: [𒀸𒋗𒁺 𐎹 Aššūrāyu] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help); Arabiki: أشور [Aššûr] error: {{lang}}: unrecognized language tag: arLatn (help); Heberu: אַשּׁוּר Aššûr, Aramaic: ܐܫܘܪ Ašur. Bakanna Assyria tun le je agbegbe jeografi tabi inu ibi ti awon ile obaluaye wonyi wa. Nigba Assyria Atijo (awon orundun 20th de 15th BCE), Assur joba lori opo Mesopotamia Loke ati awon apa Asia Minor. Nigba Asiko Arin Assyria (awon orundun 15th de 10th BCE), ipa re resile gidigidi sugbon o fi ija gba won pada. Ile Obaluaye Assyria Tuntun ti Igba Ibere Irin (911 – 612 BCE) fe si gidigidi, be sini labe Ashurbanipal (r. 668 – 627 BCE) fun awon odun ewa o joba lori Ayipo Olora, ati Egypt, ko to bo sowo Babiloni Tuntun ati Medes ki awon eleyi na o to bo sowo Ile Obaluaye Persia.