(from the article `Caucasian peoples`) The only Semitic peoples in the Caucasus are the Assyrians, who fled to Russian territory from Turkish persecution at the end of World War I and live ... ...Babylonian Exile of the 6th century and, like the Armenians, have retained their ethnic, linguistic, and religious identity. Both groups ... ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/115
As·syr'i·an adjective [ Latin Assyrius .] Of or pertaining to Assyria, or to its inhabitants. -- noun A native or an inhabitant of Assyria; the language of Assyria. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/135