assyria, China, India, Greece, Byzantium, France, and England, all contribute both artists and materials to adorn the Russian palaces, churches, and public buildings.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
These have been Persia, assyria, Egypt, and Greece; the introduction being direct or indirect as the case might be.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham
Thus Semiramis came to the throne of assyria.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker