The Assyrian people are an ethnic population native to the Middle East. They are predominantly Christian – being part of the original people to convert to Christianity in the Far East. They belong to several Christian denominations such as the Assyrian Church of the East, the Chaldean Catholic and the Ancient Church of the East.
After the Arab Islamic Conquest of the mid-7th century AD, those who resisted conversion to Islam were subjected to religious, ethnic and cultural discrimination, and had several restraints inflicted upon them. The Ottoman empire inflicted a genocide on the Assyrians during WW1, and many were compelled to flee to Syria and Iraq at that time.
Since the 2003 Iraq War tens of thousands of Assyrians in Northern Iraq have fled persecution at the hands of ISIS, which demands that Christians living under its control take down their crosses and pay the jizya, a tax on religious minorities. Those who do not pay face a choice between exile and death. ISIS has also attacked Assyrian villages, killing or imprisoning hundreds. ISIS also destroyed ancient Assyrian artefacts and all pre-Islamic relics they could access.
Sargon actually expressed relief that the Assyrians had been less than successful in repatriating treasured artefacts from museums and galleries all over the world. At least they survived the wanton destruction.
Assyrians have migrated to Australia since the 1950s. During the 1980s war between Iraq and Iran, large numbers of Assyrians fled Iraq and applied for refugee status. Assyrian-Australians have established various clubs, social organisation, churches and language schools. Representing only 0.13% of Australia's overall population, Assyrians are considered to be a successful minority group.
I researched the Assyrian empire and found it fascinating.
today comprises parts of northern Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran. 
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