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Assyria

Ancient name
Assyria
Modern name
Assyria
Assyria generally refers to the ancient Assyrian empire, but the quirks of medieval Italian spelling mean that textual readings vary between ancient Assyria and contemporary (medieval) Syria. For medieval Europeans Assyria was more or less interchangeable with Persia, Chaldea, and Babylonia.
Coordinates
36.19, 43.24
World Historical Gazetteer
https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364374

The toponym Assyria appears in La Sfera in the following places:

03.16.05

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Map of the location P163

Variant spellings of Assyria in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
asiria Bos
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Assyria.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/assyria/.