Ancient Assyria was much smaller in the beginning The original Assyrian homeland was very small: Aššur (Ashur) – the religious capital Nineveh – later political capital Nimrud (Kalhu) – royal capital under Ashurnasirpal II These are located around modern Mosul, not all of Kurdistan. So you are correct: Early Assyria did not cover Kurdish regions or the Zagros Mountains. 🔵 2. Assyria later expanded—through conquest, not ethnicity Assyria became an empire, which means: They conquered many neighbo