Assyria

The Assyrians were among the ancient people of Iraq (then known as Mesopotamia), along the Akkadians, Sumerians, and Babylonians).^[2] Their reach extended at least not far from Gaziantep on the Euphrates (modern-days Turkey).^[3]

By or after the 13th century BC, Salome was originally active in ancient Assyria,^[2] and was worshiped as a goddess in the city Nimrud.^[4]

They were one of the many civilizations to spill blood in Palestine in order to possess that land.^[5]

The Assyrians (as did the Grecians) encountered the Gimmerai, a group descended of a mixed Nordic-Cimmerian race.^[6]

As Babylon king Shamash-Shum-Ukin intrigued against his brother, Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, the later besieged Babylon, finally entering the city and forcing Shamash-Shum-Ukin to flee in his holy ziggurat, which he displaced with him in time using secret incantations. Babylon was subsequently taken by Ashurbanipal.^[7]

By and possibly before the 5th century BC, the city of Hatra was the center of the Assyrian cult of Ishtar, goddess of war and love,^[8] and the seat of her rule over the Assyrian Empire.^[1]

Roman Emperor Trajan attempted to take Hatra (in modern-days Iraq), but failed, possibly due to Ishtar who allegedly still dwelt in Hatra.^[9]

Before the 1st century AD, Assyria as an empire had passed away.^[10]

The Annunaki achieved prominence among the Assyrians up to about 500 AD.^[11][12]

Legacy

Solomon Kane once stumbled upon a remote colony of ancient Assyrians in one of his last known adventures.^[13]

In modern days, Assyrian remains one of Iraq's major languages.^[2]

Religion

The Annunaki achieved prominence among the Assyrians up to about 500 AD.^[11][12] Among them were Adad (Hadad, or "Ba'al"),^[14] Ishtar^[15] (worshiped at least by the 5th century BC),^[8] and Nin-agal (Ningal)^[16] (worshiped at least circa 2,000 BC).^[3]

Salome was once worshiped as a goddess in the city Nimrud, by or after the 13th century BC.^[4]

• Nimrud - place of worship of Salomé^[4]
• Hatra - center of the cult of Ishtar,^[8] seat of her rule over the Assyrian Empire^[1]
• Babylon
• Euphrates River^[3]

• Salomé (Semiramis) - Sorceress Supreme, worshiped as a goddess in Nimrud
• Ishtar - Goddess of war and love, ruler of the Assyrian Empire from Hatra
• Ashurbanipal - King of Assyria

Assyria also hosted a few vampiric races (though not necessary Varnaean Vampires):

• The Ekimmu, a species of ghostly Vampires who haunted and devoured its victims.^[17][18]
• Muttaliku^[18]
• Uttuku^[18]