An ancient empire and civilization of western Asia in the upper valley of the Tigris River. In its zenith between the ninth and seventh centuries b.c. the empire extended from the Mediterranean Sea across Arabia and Armenia.

• 亚述亚洲西部底格里河流域北部一帝国和文明古国。公元前9世纪至7世纪，在它的强盛时期，亚述帝国的疆域从地中海跨越阿拉伯和亚美尼亚地区